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. 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

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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 meteorologi ...

of the region is wet

subtropical The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics. Geographically part of the temperate zones of both hemispheres, they cover the middle latitudes from to approximately 35° north a ...

(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 f ...

of .

Transportation

The city is served by commercial airlines using the

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, served, as of 2018, by Avianca.

History

Reconquista was natively inhabited by the Abipones people according to accounts from

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. On November 22, 1872, the Governor

Simón de Iriondo Simón de Iriondo (1836–1883) was an Argentine politician of the National Autonomist Party, who was twice governor of the province of Santa Fe, from 1871 to 1874 and from 1878 to 1882. Iriondo was also the Government Minister of governor M ...

by Decree No. 430 authorizing the creation of a town a with the name of Reconquista. In 1998, there were a high number of

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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 Maria Laura Devetach (born 5 October 1936) is an Argentinian writer for children. Life Devetach was born in Reconquista, Santa Fe Reconquista is a city in the north of the , from the provincial capital. It is the head town of the General Obl ...

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Candela Ferro Candela Ferro (born November 13, 1973 in Reconquista, Argentina) is an Argentine journalist, model, and current host of Telemundo's ''Al Rojo Vivo: Fin de Semana con Candela Ferro'' and the E! Latin show ''Mil Preguntas, Una Estrella con Candel ...

- 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