Corrientes, Argentina

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🇦🇷 Corrientes is the capital city of the province of Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about 1,000 km from Buenos Aires and 300 km from Posadas, on National Route 12. It lies opposite its twin city, Resistencia, Chaco Province. Corrientes has a mix of colonial and modern architecture, several churches and a number of lapacho, ceibo, jacaranda and orange trees. It is also home to one of the biggest carnival and chamamé celebrations in the country.

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Transport Located in the Argentine Littoral, near the Argentina–Paraguay border, the General Belgrano Bridge crosses the Paraná River which serves as the natural border with the neighbouring Chaco Province. On the other side of the bridge is Resistencia, capital of Chaco. To the west and up the Paraná, between Paraguay and Argentina, lies the Yaciretá dam, one of the largest hydroelectric power generators in the world.

The Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport (IATA: CNQ, ICAO: SARC) 5 km (3 mi) away from the city, serves the city.

The Ferrocarril Económico Correntino narrow gauge railway line to Mburucuyá operated from 1912 until 1927.

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History Sebastian Cabot established in 1527 the Sancti Spiritu fort upstream of the Paraná River, and in 1536 Pedro de Mendoza reached further north into the basin of the river, searching for the Sierras of Silver.

Juan Torres de Vera y Aragón founded the city on April 3, 1588, and named it as San Juan de Vera de las Siete Corrientes ("Saint John of Vera of the Seven Currents"), which was later shortened to Corrientes. The "seven currents" refer to the seven peninsulas on the shore of the river at this place, that produced wild currents that made difficult the navigation of the river through this part.

Nevertheless, its position between Asunción - in present Paraguay - and Buenos Aires made it an important middle point, especially because of its 55-metre-high lands that prevent flooding when the water level rises.

In 1615 Jesuits settled near the Uruguay River. In 1807 the city resisted the British invasions. During the Argentine War of Independence it was in permanent conflict with the centralist government of Buenos Aires, but the Paraguayan War united them after the city was attacked by Paraguayan forces in 1865.

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Education • National University of the Northeast • University of Cuenca del Plata.

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Corrientes, Argentina 
<b>Corrientes, Argentina</b>
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Corrientes has a population of over 346,334 people. Corrientes also forms the centre of the wider Corrientes Province which has a population of over 992,595 people.

To set up a UBI Lab for Corrientes see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Corrientes has links with:

🇵🇾 Encarnación, Paraguay 🇪🇸 Estepa, Spain
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Antipodal to Corrientes is: 121.183,27.483

Locations Near: Corrientes -58.8167,-27.4833

🇦🇷 Resistencia -58.983,-27.45 d: 16.8  

🇦🇷 Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña -58.983,-27.45 d: 16.8  

🇵🇾 Pilar -58.303,-26.858 d: 86.1  

🇦🇷 Formosa -58.183,-26.183 d: 157.6  

🇦🇷 Goya -59.25,-29.133 d: 188.3  

🇵🇾 San Juan Bautista -57.167,-26.633 d: 188.8  

🇵🇾 San Ignacio -57.017,-26.883 d: 190.1  

🇦🇷 Reconquista -59.933,-29.233 d: 223.2  

🇦🇷 Clorinda -57.717,-25.283 d: 268  

🇵🇾 Lambaré -57.633,-25.317 d: 268.2  

Antipodal to: Corrientes 121.183,27.483

🇨🇳 Longwan 120.8,27.933 d: 19952.4  

🇨🇳 Rui'an 120.625,27.783 d: 19950.8  

🇨🇳 Ruian 120.617,27.783 d: 19950.1  

🇨🇳 Yueqing 120.96,28.12 d: 19941  

🇨🇳 Wenzhou 120.654,28.019 d: 19935.9  

🇨🇳 Lucheng 120.65,28.017 d: 19935.9  

🇨🇳 Wenling 121.367,28.367 d: 19915.2  

🇨🇳 Luqiao 121.35,28.567 d: 19893.5  

🇨🇳 Wencheng 120.091,27.787 d: 19902.3  

🇨🇳 Taizhou 121.421,28.645 d: 19883.8  

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