Eldorado is a city in the center-northeast 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
Misiones
Misiones (, ''Missions'') is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes P ...
, Argentina. It has 54,189 inhabitants as per the , making it the third most populated city in the province, and is the head town of the
Eldorado Department
Eldorado Department is a department of Misiones Province, Argentina.
Eldorado is a town of about 70,000 people. Located in the north of Misiones, Argentina, one hour from Iguazú and two hours from Posadas (the regional capital), it relied larg ...
. It is located on the left-hand (eastern) banks of the Upper
Paraná River
The Paraná River ( es, RÃo 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 ...
, on
National Route 12, about 100 km from the
Iguazú Falls
Iguazú Falls or Iguaçu Falls ( gn, Chororõ Yguasu , es, Cataratas del Iguazú, links=no ; pt, Cataratas do Iguaçu ) are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paranà ...
and 206 km from the provincial capital
Posadas, on the Argentina-
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
border.
Eldorado was founded on 29 September 1919 as a rural settlement and a port on the Paraná by German-born Adolfo Julius Schwelm, naturalised British subject, who named it as a reference to the legend of El Dorado. The town was the center of the European immigration in Argentina, immigrant colonization of the area (which included groups of people from Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Denmark, England, and others).
The region's economy is based on agriculture, producing tung tree, tung, oranges, grapefruit and yerba mate. Tourism also plays a part, with main activities being sailing, sports fishing (golden dorado), and sports hunting (tapir, deer, wild boars). Eldorado has an airport.
Towns and villages
*9 de Julio (Misiones)
References
Municipality of Eldorado— Official website.
*
at WelcomeArgentina.
Populated places in Misiones Province
Populated places established in 1919
Cities in Argentina
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