Timbúes is a town (''comuna'') in the

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of Santa Fe, Argentina. It has 3,325 inhabitants as per the . It lies in the south of the province, at the confluence of the

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and the

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, 30 km north of

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and 144 km south of the provincial capital Santa Fe, on National Route 11. Timbúes started as an agricultural colony in lands purchased by Camilo Aldao and former provincial governor José María Cullen, in 1868. Its name was Colonia Jesús María. The settlement was officially acknowledged on 15 July 1871, and the first local authorities were elected on 2 September 1874. In 1892, the

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railway reached the colony, and the station received the name of Timbúes, which in time became the name of the town itself in popular use, though it was officially changed only in 1974. The ''Timbúes'' were an indigenous tribe that formerly populated the area. The town is located at the northern end of the Industrial Corridor, an area with a great concentration of heavy and medium industries, as well as many important ports, that is centered in Rosario and reaches up to

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. In 2006, contracts were signed to build a thermal

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in Timbúes. The San Martín Thermoelectric Central, which will be built by

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, is slated to cost 570 million

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and will be generating 555 MW by May 2008 and 824 MW by April 2009. Gestion Amaro Fito Gonzales.

References

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Comuna de Timbúes
— Official website. * Government of Santa Fe Province

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