Gaboto (often referred to as Puerto Gaboto) is a town (''comuna'') in the southeast of the
province
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of
Santa Fe, Argentina. It has 2,617 inhabitants per the . The town lies south of
the provincial capital, by the
Coronda River, and immediately north of the mouth of the
Carcarañá River
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(both are tributaries of the
Paraná River
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).
The town's name is an homage to
Sebastian Cabot, one of the first explorers of the area, who established the fort of
Sancti Spiritu near Gaboto's location in 1527 — the first Spanish settlement in present-day Argentina.
Gaboto was founded in 1891. It was a site of economical importance due to its port, which has a natural depth of 9 to 11 m, but in the 1930s trade began declining, and the pier was dismantled in 1945. The area is still important as a fishing location for certain species such as the
golden dorado
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(''Salminus brasiliensis'').
References
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Populated places in Santa Fe Province
Paraná River
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