Nogoyá is a city in the

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of Entre Ríos, Argentina. It has 22,824 inhabitants per the , and is the head town of the Nogoyá Department. It lies in the southwest of the province, by the Nogoyá Stream (a tributary of the

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), about 95 km southeast from the provincial capital Paraná, on National Route 12. The main economic activity in the area is the

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(producing milk and cheese), which makes Nogoyá the unofficial dairy capital in Entre Ríos. Agriculture is also significant, featuring wheat, corn, sorghum, sunflower and soybean crops.

History

The town started as an informal settlement by the

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around 1760. Its name means "Wild Water". A chapel was built by Father Fernando Andrés Quiroga y Taboada to serve the region in 1782; this place of worship (today the Basilica of Nuestra Señora del Carmen) served as a focal point for more settlers, and is considered the foundational event of Nogoyá. Nogoyá was recognized as a town in 1826. There is no exact date for the anniversary of the foundation, but locals observe City Celebration Day on July 16, the same day that

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s celebrate the Virgin under the invocation of "Nuestra Señora del Carmen;" She is considered the spiritual mother of the town. Every year, on July 16, the venerated image is taken out of the temple and carried by volunteers through the streets of Nogoyá, followed by thousands of pilgrims. At the end of her pilgrimage, it is returned to the Basilica receiving a salute of white tissues shaken in the air by the multitude. The image is honored with a special crown, called ''Alianza de las Alianzas'' ("alliance of alliances"), made of gold and jewelry, including wedding rings, offered up by settlers. The brother of provincial ''caudillo''

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, Cipriano Urquiza, was murdered in Nogoyá in 1844. Assigned its own ''Partido'', or county, in 1849, and made its capital, the town was the seat of the Convention that reformed the Constitution of Entre Ríos in 1860. The Entre Ríos Central Railway arrived in Nogoyá in 1887. A center of cattle ranching in the 19th century, the area around Nogoyá would be home to a growing number of

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s during the 20th. ''La Sibila'', the largest

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established in subsequent years, would grow to process over 1,000,000 liters of

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a day, and remains the town's largest employer. Other important installations include a

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mill, Nogopaint, and a

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, Cerveza Nogoyá. The city's economy was further bolstered by the 2003 completion of the

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, giving Nogoyá a direct highway link to

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Notable natives

Roque Alfaro Roque Raúl Alfaro (born 15 August 1956 in Nogoyá, Entre Ríos) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker. Playing career Alfaro started his professional career with Newell's Old Boys in the mid 1970s. In 19 ...

(born 1956), football player and coach *

Fermín Chávez Fermín Chávez ( Nogoyá 13 July 1924 – 28 May 2006) was an Argentine historian, poet and journalist, born in El Pueblito, a small town near Nogoyá, province of Entre Ríos. He studied humanities in Córdoba, philosophy in Buenos Aires, ...

(1924–2004), historian * Carlos Contín (1915–1991), Governor of Entre Ríos (1963–66) and Chairman of the UCR (1981–83) * Juan Carlos Ghiano (born 1920), writer, essayist and playwright * Raymundo Salvat (1881–1940), lawyer, author of the Treaty on Civil Law * Luis María Sobrón (1932–2010), poet * Juan León Solas (1787–1841), military governor of Entre Ríos *

Emilia Mernes María Emilia Mernes Rueda (born October 29, 1996) known as Emilia Mernes or Emilia is an Argentine singer-songwriter, model, actress, and author. She became known for being part of the band Rombai. In 2019 signed with label Sony Music Latin an ...

(b.1996), singer, songwriter, dancer and model.

Notes

References

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Portal of Nogoyá

Diario Nogoyá
(the first local newspaper).

at TurismoEntreRios.com. {{DEFAULTSORT:Nogoya Populated places in Entre Ríos Province Populated places established in 1782 1782 establishments in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata