Monte Caseros is a city in the south-east of the
province
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of
Corrientes
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in the
Argentine
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Mesopotamia
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. It has about 37,000 inhabitants as of the . It is the head town of the department of the same name, which comprises also the municipalities of Colonia Libertad, Juan Pujol and Mocoretá.
The city lies on the west bank of the
Uruguay River
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, opposite
Bella Unión
Bella Unión is a city in the north part of Artigas Department of Uruguay.
History
The original settlement was founded on 13 May 1829 under the name "Santa Rosa". It was started by Fructuoso Rivera, who played a prominent role in the early histo ...
,
Uruguay
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, about 440 km east-southeast of the provincial capital (
Corrientes
Corrientes (; Guaraní language, Guaraní: Taragüí, literally: "Currents") is the capital city of the Provinces of Argentina, province of Corrientes Province, Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from ...
) and 640 km north of
Buenos Aires
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.
Climate
References
Municipality of Monte Caseros- Official website.
Diario del Bicentenario, edición digital del Periódico Contexto- Noticias e Información de la ciudad de Monte Caseros.
Guía Online Turística, Comercial, Empresarial y Cultural de la Ciudad de Monte Caseros, Corrientes*
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Populated places in Corrientes Province
Uruguay River