Mburucuyá is a town in
Corrientes Province
Corrientes (, ‘currents’ or ‘streams’; ), officially the Province of Corrientes (; ) is a Provinces of Argentina, province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia, Argentina, Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by (from the north, cl ...
, Argentina. It is the capital of
Mburucuyá Department.
From 1912 until 1927 Mburucuyá had a railway station on the
Ferrocarril Económico Correntino
Ferrocarril Económico Correntino was the informal name for some former narrow gauge State-owned railway lines in Corrientes Province of Argentina that used a gauge of .
Railway locomotives used firewood as fuel, running at a maximum speed of 2 ...
narrow gauge railway from
Corrientes
Corrientes (; Guaraní: Taragui, literally: "Currents") is the capital city of the province of Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from Buenos Aires and from Posadas, on National Route 12. It has ...
.
Fiesta del Chamamé
In the 2nd week of February the town hosts the "Festival Nacional de Chamamé tradicional" which is a celebration of the
Chamamé
Chamamé ( Guarani for: party, disorder) is a folk music genre from northeast Argentina and Argentine Mesopotamia. In 2020, Chamamé was inscribed in UNESCO's Intangible cultural heritage list after it was nominated by Argentina in 2018.
Chama ...
folk genre.
See also
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Mburucuyá National Park
Mburucuyá National Park () is a national park in Argentina. It is located in the north west of the Corrientes Province around from the city of Corrientes and covers an area of of the Iberá Wetlands.
The area is important for the provisio ...
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Populated places in Corrientes Province
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