Victoria is a city located in the southwestern part of the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

of Entre Ríos, Argentina. It is located on the eastern shore of the

Paraná River The Paraná River ( es, Río Paraná, links=no , pt, Rio Paraná, gn, Ysyry Parana) is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some ."Parana River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Br ...

, opposite

Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous ci ...

, Santa Fe, to which it has been connected since 2003 by the

Rosario-Victoria Bridge Rosario-Victoria Bridge (in Spanish, ''Puente Rosario-Victoria'') is the informal name of the physical connection between the Argentine cities of Rosario (province of Santa Fe) and Victoria (province of Entre Ríos). This roadlink is composed ...

(which spans almost 60 km over the

flood plain A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...

of the

Paraná Delta The Paraná Delta ( es, Delta del Paraná) is the delta of the Paraná River in Argentina and it consists of several islands known as the Islas del Paraná. The Paraná flows north–south and becomes an alluvial basin (a flood plain) between th ...

). The site of a 1750 defeat of a native uprising and an 1810 oratory to the Virgin of Aranzazú, a

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and the city's patron saint, ''Cerro La Matanza'' was granted Village status by the Provincial Legislature, in 1826. An 1829 edict renamed the hamlet ''Victoria''. The church (started in 1872) is dedicated to this patron. Designated a "city" in 1851, Victoria also features an

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('' Abadía Los Monjes del Niño Dios''), founded by

Benedictine , image = Medalla San Benito.PNG , caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal , abbreviation = OSB , formation = , motto = (English: 'Pray and Work') , foun ...

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s who arrived in 1899. Victoria Plaza Templo

The Victoria region is at the core of the

fishing industry The fishing industry includes any industry or activity concerned with taking, culturing, processing, preserving, storing, transporting, marketing or selling fish or fish products. It is defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization as including ...

of commercially important species like sábalo (''Prochilodus lineatus'') and

surubí ''Pseudoplatystoma'' is a genus of several South American catfish species of family Pimelodidae. The species are known by a number of different common names. They typically inhabit major rivers where they prefer the main channels and tend to sta ...

(''Pseudoplatystoma spp.''); it produces 95% of the annual 27,000

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s of sábalo captured in the province. Concerns about

over-exploitation Overexploitation, also called overharvesting, refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns. Continued overexploitation can lead to the destruction of the resource, as it will be unable to replenish. The term app ...

of this resource have been raised lately. The city has a

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, and the river at this point is appropriate for the practice of sports such as

kayak A kayak is a small, narrow watercraft which is typically propelled by means of a double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Greenlandic word ''qajaq'' (). The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each se ...

sailing and

windsurf Windsurfing is a wind propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the aerospace and surf culture of California. Windsurfing ga ...

. The municipality claims jurisdiction over 3,700 km² of islands and islets on the Paraná. Several fishing areas are reserved for sports purposes, while others are protected. Every year Victoria hosts an extended

Carnival Carnival is a Catholic Christian festive season that occurs before the liturgical season of Lent. The main events typically occur during February or early March, during the period historically known as Shrovetide (or Pre-Lent). Carnival typi ...

Season; in 2005, for example, parades and dances were held on weekends from January to the beginning of March. Victoria has seen increased

touristic Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism mor ...

affluence since the opening of the connection with Rosario and the

Greater Rosario Greater Rosario is the metropolitan area of the city of Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. This metropolis has a population of about 1.3 million (1,276,000 million inhabitants) thus being Argentina's third most populated urban s ...

area. A year later the high-class Casino was opened on the river front; and being one of the biggest such in the country it has brought much wealth for Victoria's tourism industry, attracting gamblers on a national scale.

Tourism

Victoria, also known as the city of seven hills (is located on one of the seven hills in the area) is a major tourist destination in the province. Among its facilities are: innumerable hotels of different categories which highlights the five-star hotel and the most luxurious casino in the country. It is also known for its traditional and centennial carnivals (under the slogan "the most fun carnival in the country") which has earned it the distinction of being the "Provincial Capital of Carnival Entrerriano", a title given at the beginning of the 1970s, thanks to its contribution to tourism.

References

Touristic an cultural website of Victoria, Entre Rios, Argentina.
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AquiVictoria.com.ar
in Spanish: Information of City Victoria - Entre Ríos - Argentina)

(in Spanish)

(in Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Victoria, Entre Rios Populated places in Entre Ríos Province Populated places established in 1826 Paraná River 1826 establishments in Argentina