Reconquista is a city in the north of the , from the provincial capital. It is the head town of the General Obligado Department, and it has 99,288 inhabitants according to the . The city lies on a branch of the

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opposite the city of

Goya, Corrientes Goya is a city in the south-west of the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It has about 77,349 inhabitants as of the . The city lies on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, opposite Reconquista, Santa Fe, 218 kilometres sou ...

. As of 2005, the construction of a road link between the two cities is under study; at present there is no way to cross the multiple minor branches, streams and wetlands except by boat. Reconquista was founded on 27 April 1872 as a military fort, established by Colonel Manuel Obligado, in lands formerly belonging to the Jesuit mission ''Reducción San Jerónimo del Rey''. It was declared a city in 1921.

Climate

The

climate Climate is the long-term weather pattern in an area, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorologica ...

of the region is wet subtropical (average in winter, in summer), with a mean annual

rainfall Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides water ...

of .

Transportation

The city is served by commercial airlines using the

Reconquista Airport Reconquista Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto de Reconquista) , also known as Daniel Jukic Airport (es), is an airport serving Reconquista, a city in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. It is a domestic airport located south of the city. The ...

, served, as of 2018, by

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History

Reconquista was natively inhabited by the Abipones people according to accounts from Jesuit Martin Dobrizhoffer. On November 22, 1872, the Governor Simón de Iriondo by Decree No. 430 authorizing the creation of a town a with the name of Reconquista. In 1998, there were a high number of

leptospirosis Leptospirosis is a blood infection caused by the bacteria '' Leptospira''. Signs and symptoms can range from none to mild (headaches, muscle pains, and fevers) to severe ( bleeding in the lungs or meningitis). Weil's disease, the acute, seve ...

cases were detected, coming from the area of Reconquista Central Hospital in Reconquista, Santa Fe province.

Notable residents

Gabriel Batistuta Gabriel Omar Batistuta (; born 1 February 1969) is an Argentine former professional footballer. During his playing career, Batistuta was nicknamed Batigol () as well as El Ángel Gabriel (; Spanish for ''Angel Gabriel''). Regarded as one of the ...

: retired professional footballer * Laura Devetach, writer, was born here in 1936.Laura Devetach
Oxford Index, retrieved 6 February 2015 * Juan Gómez Taleb: professional footballer * Candela Ferro - television journalist

References

Municipalidad de Reconquista
(official website) * *

External links

Reconquista, Santa Fe, Argentina. City information, Photos, Tourism... www.portalreconquista.com.ar
Populated places in Santa Fe Province Paraná River Cities in Argentina {{SantaFeAR-geo-stub