Santo Tomé, Corrientes Province, Argentina

History | Geography

🇦🇷 Santo Tomé is a city in the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It had about 22,634 inhabitants at the 2001 census [INDEC]. It is the head town of the department of the same name.

History Santo Tomé was founded in 1632 by the Jesuit missionaries Luis Ernot and Manuel Bertot, with help from two native Guaraní chiefs that converted to Christianity. Its name is variedly found as Santo Tomás, Santo Tomás Apóstol, Santo Thomé and Santo Tomé.

Geography The city lies in the north-east of the province, on the right-hand (western) shore of the Uruguay River, opposite the city of São Borja in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The area has typical features of the Región Submisionera, with reddish soil, abundant flora and high lands, alternating with gray-soil lowlands and swamps.

The climate is subtropical, with average temperatures of 20 °C (the summer maximum is 40 °C, and winters are mild). The average annual rainfall is between 1,400 and 1,600 mm, peaking in April (autumn) and October (spring).

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Santo Tomé has a population of over 22,634 people. Santo Tomé also forms the centre of the wider Santo Tomé Department which has a population of over 54,050 people. It is also a part of the larger Corrientes Province. Santo Tomé is situated 393 km south-east of Corrientes.

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Antipodal to Santo Tomé is: 123.95,28.55

Locations Near: Santo Tomé -56.05,-28.55

🇧🇷 São Borja -56,-28.65 d: 12.1  

🇦🇷 Apóstoles -55.767,-27.917 d: 75.7  

🇦🇷 Posadas -55.9,-27.367 d: 132.4  

🇵🇾 Encarnación -55.867,-27.317 d: 138.3  

🇧🇷 Alegrete -55.783,-29.783 d: 139.6  

🇧🇷 Uruguaiana -57.08,-29.772 d: 168.7  

🇧🇷 Santo Ângelo -54.25,-28.283 d: 178.5  

🇵🇾 San Ignacio -57.017,-26.883 d: 208.3  

🇺🇾 Artigas -56.467,-30.467 d: 216.9  

🇵🇾 San Juan Bautista -57.167,-26.633 d: 239.9  

Antipodal to: Santo Tomé 123.95,28.55

🇨🇳 Zhoushan 122.403,30.169 d: 19780.8  

🇨🇳 Jiaojiang 121.433,28.667 d: 19769  

🇨🇳 Taizhou 121.421,28.645 d: 19768  

🇨🇳 Wenling 121.367,28.367 d: 19761.8  

🇨🇳 Luqiao 121.35,28.567 d: 19761.2  

🇨🇳 Ninghai 121.419,29.287 d: 19755.5  

🇨🇳 Ningbo 121.542,29.875 d: 19738.8  

🇨🇳 Fenghua 121.417,29.65 d: 19740.3  

🇨🇳 Linhai 121.117,28.85 d: 19736.8  

🇨🇳 Tiantai Chengguanzhen 121.03,29.136 d: 19723.3  

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