Campana is a city in the
province of Buenos Aires
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, Argentina. It is the
seat
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Types of seat
The ...
of the
Campana Partido. It is located about from the
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
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, on the right-hand margin of the
Paraná River
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. Its population is 94,333 inhabitants as per the .
Campana and
Zárate make up an important industrial region. The city is linked to Zárate and the
Zárate-Brazo Largo Bridge (and from there to
Mesopotamia
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) by Provincial Route 6. The
Pan-American Highway
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(Route 9) links Campana to Buenos Aires,
Rosario
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,
Córdoba and the north of Argentina.
The village of Campana was officially created in 1875. It was on July 6, 1885 that Campana Partido was created as an offshoot of the Exaltación de la Cruz Partido.
Campana has been since late 19th century and to a lesser degree today an important shipyard and port for passengers traveling to the remote
Ibicuy Islands of the
Paraná Delta.
Japanese automobile manufacturer
Honda
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Founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda, Honda has bee ...
opened a factory in 2011, where it has built the
Honda City
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The City was originally a 3-door hatchback/2-door convertible for the Japanese, European and Australasian markets. The 3-door City was retired in 1994 a ...
and
Honda HR-V
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The first generation HR-V, based on the Honda Logo, was marketed from 1999 to 2006 in Europe, Japan and select Asia-Pacific ...
.
Demographics
Campana has a total of 94,333 inhabitants (INDEC, 2010).
[Argentine Census of 2010]
Population origins
Most of the city's population consists almost entirely by descendants of
Italian
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and
Spanish (mostly
Galicians
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)
immigrants
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, although there are other minorities such as Germans, British, French and
Roms. In recent years there has been a slight increase in population from East Asia (China and South Korea) and Latin American countries like
Bolivia
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,
Paraguay
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and
Peru
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.
Sports
Campana is home to
Club Villa Dálmine, a football club that plays in Argentina's regionalised
2nd division,
Villa Dálmine se coronó campeón de la Primera C y ascendió a la Primera B Metropolitana. and to
Club Atlético Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Nuevo, an older club that plays in
5th division.
References
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Paraná River
Populated places established in 1885
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
Port settlements in Argentina
Cities in Argentina