Republic of Entre Ríos
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The Republic of Entre Ríos was a short-lived republic in
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in the early nineteenth century. Comprising approximately of what are today the Argentine
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of Entre Ríos and
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, the country was founded in 1820 by the
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General Francisco Ramírez (who styled himself ''jefe supremo'', supreme chief) and lasted only one year. On September 28, 1821, Lucio Norberto Mansilla was elected Governor of the Province of Entre Rios, and the Republic was subsequently dissolved. In spite of the "Republic" in its title, Ramirez never really intended to declare an independent Entre Rios. Rather, he was making a political statement in opposition to the monarchist and centralist ideas that back then permeated Buenos Aires' politics.


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* List of extinct states


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