San Antonio de Padua de la Concordia (usually shortened to Concordia) is a city in the north-east of the

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of Entre Ríos in the Argentine

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. It had about 149,450 inhabitants at the , and is the head town of the department of the same name.

History

Geography

Concordia lies on the right-hand (western) shore of the

Uruguay River The Uruguay River ( es, Río Uruguay, ; pt, Rio Uruguai, ) is a major river in South America. It flows from north to south and forms parts of the boundaries of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, separating some of the Argentine provinces of La M ...

, opposite the city of Salto in

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

. The two cities are joined by a road/railway link that is part of the

Salto Grande Dam The Salto Grande Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Uruguay River, located between Concordia, Argentina, and Salto, Uruguay; thus shared between the two countries. The construction of the dam began in 1974 and was completed in 1979. Power ...

complex (starting on the Argentine side 18 km north from the center of Concordia).

Climate

According to the

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, Concordia has a humid subtropical climate (''Cfa''). Mean monthly temperatures range from in July, the coldest month, to in January, the warmest month. Concordia receives a mean annual precipitation of . Fall (March to May) is the wettest season while winter (June to August) is the driest season. However, there is great year to year variability in annual precipitation. The frost free period is 10 months long and in an average year, there are 8.6 days with frost.

Nature

The city is known as the national capital of

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production. El Palmar National Park, an important reserve for Yatay

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s, lies 60 km south of the city.

Transport

The area is served by an

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located at , but which is ostensibly not operational.

Notable people

* Isidoro Blaisten (1933–2004), journalist * Gustavo Ruiz Díaz (b. 1981), footballer * Isaac Ganón (1916–1975), sociologist * Celestino Piaggio (1886–1931), composer *

Isabel Sarli Hilda Isabel Gorrindo Sarli (; 9 July 193525 June 2019), nicknamed Coca, was an Argentine actress and glamour model who was known for starring in several sexploitation films by Armando Bó, especially in the 1960s and 1970s. She began her caree ...

(1929-2019), actress and model * Joaquin Szuchman (b. 1995), Israeli-Argentinian professional basketball player in the

Israel Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball c ...

Gallery

References

External links

*
Municipality of Concordia
– Official website

– Tourism portal of the province of Entre Ríos {{DEFAULTSORT:Concordia, Entre Rios Populated places in Entre Ríos Province Uruguay River Argentina–Uruguay border crossings Populated places established in 1831 Cities in Argentina