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Formosa is the capital city of the Argentine province of Formosa, on the banks of the Paraguay River, some 1,200 kilometres from Buenos Aires, on National Route 11. This is a list of cities in Argentina. For a more exhaustive list of cities in a particular province see the main article linked to in each applicable section For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Regions See also Geography of Argentina The country is also divided into six or seven regions (seven when The Pampas is divided into the Pampas' plains Formosa Province is in northeastern Argentina, part of the Gran Chaco Region Departments (departamentos form the second level of administrative division in the Provinces of Argentina. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks General phone calls within Argentina In Argentina, changes were made to area codes in 1999 when the telephone network was split up into three different areas with The Argentine postal code is a system that assigns at least one unique alphanumeric Postal code to each Municipality. ISO 3166-2AR is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Argentina. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Regions See also Geography of Argentina The country is also divided into six or seven regions (seven when The Pampas is divided into the Pampas' plains Formosa Province is in northeastern Argentina, part of the Gran Chaco Region The Paraguay River ( Río Paraguay in Spanish, Rio Paraguai in Portuguese) is a major River in south central South America Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern It has a population of about 210,000 as per the 2001 census [INDEC]. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population National Statistics and Censuses Institute ( Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, INDEC is the Argentine government agency responsible
Formosa is the hub of the provincial industry, that processes the product of its natural resources. The port that serves the Paraguay towards the Paraná River is the main transport means for the provincial production. This article is about the second-longest river in South America For the shorter river in Goiás, central Brazil see Paranã River The Paraná River
Notable sights of the city include the Nuestra Seńora del Carmen Cathedral, the Government House, the Torelli Botanic Forest Garden, the Provincial History Museum (Museo Histórico Provincial), the Estadio Centenario ("Centenary Stadium") football stadium, the Guaicole fauna reserve, the shore of the Paraguay River, the Isla de Oro Island, and the Central Square named after José de San Martín. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The Paraguay River ( Río Paraguay in Spanish, Rio Paraguai in Portuguese) is a major River in south central South America José Francisco de San Martín Matorras, also known as José de San Martín ( 25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850) was an Argentine
The local climate is humid sub-tropical, with average temperatures of 28 °C in summer and 16 °C in winter. The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale.
The El Pucú Airport (IATA: FMA, ICAO: SARF), at , 7 kilometres south of the city, serves charter flights, and regular flights to Buenos Aires. Formosa International Airport, also known as El Pucú Airport, is an international airport in Formosa, Argentina, which is served by Aerolíneas An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many The ICAO (ˌaɪˌkeɪˈoʊ Airport code or location indicator is a four-letter Alphanumeric Code designating each airport around
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History
The lands were initially inhabited by Toba and Wichí (Mataco) aboriginals. The Toba are an ethnic group in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. The Wichí are an indigenous people of South America. They are a large group of tribes ranging about the headwaters of the Bermejo River and the Pilcomayo River On April 8, 1879 Commander Luis Jorge Fontana founded the settlement that would become the capital of the National Territory of Chaco from 1884 to June 15, 1955, when it gained the status of province. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar)
The name of the city (and the province) comes from the archaic Spanish word fermosa (currently hermosa) meaning "beautiful". The name Vuelta Fermosa or Vuelta la Formosa was used by Spanish sailors in the 16th century to describe the area where the Paraguay River makes a turn, right in front of the actual city. The Paraguay River ( Río Paraguay in Spanish, Rio Paraguai in Portuguese) is a major River in south central South America These sailors were searching for the legendary Sierra del Plata. Sierra de la Plata (a term in Spanish meaning "mountain range of silver" was a legendary treasury of Silver that was believed to be located in South [1]
Formosa is mentioned in the novel Travels with My Aunt, by Graham Greene. Travels with My Aunt ( 1969) is a novel written by British author Graham Greene. Henry Graham Greene OM, CH (2 October 1904 &ndash 3 April 1991 was an English writer best known as a novelist but who also produced Short stories
Culture
The city, which is only a few hundred meters away from Paraguay across the river, has a culture closer to that of Paraguay than the "porteño" culture of Buenos Aires. Laid back and relaxed, its young people relax on the Costanera, the recently restored pathway along the Río Paraguay which serves as a venue for arts displays and features a fast-food restaurant, or at boliches, local clubs.
Festivals
Formosa celebrates the Fiesta de la Virgen de la Catedral in July 16th in honor of its patron saint. Celebrations, which occur in the main Plaza San Martín, include the traditional pericón dance and stalls selling everything from food to balloons.
It also celebrates the Fiesta del Río in November, Carnaval on weekends in February and Día de la Fundación de Formosa in April.
Climate
The city has a climate considered as "Humid Subtropical" or "Cfa" by Köppen classification. Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air In daily language the term "humidity" is normally taken to mean Relative humidity. The subtropics are the zones of the Earth immediately north and south of the tropic zone which is bounded by the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems It was developed by Wladimir Köppen, a German climatologist Winters are generally mild, air frosts are very uncommon . Frost is the solid deposition of Water vapor from saturated air Summers are hot and humid. Summer is one of the four Temperate Seasons Summer marks the warmest time of year with the longest days During the most extreme heat waves, temperatures exceed 40°C (113°F). A heat wave is a prolonged period of excessively hot Weather, which may be accompanied by high Humidity. Temperatures have exceeded 35°C (95°F) in every season[2]. A season is one of the major divisions of the Year, generally based on yearly periodic changes in Weather.
Rainfall can be expected throughout the year though summer is usually the wettest season. Summer is one of the four Temperate Seasons Summer marks the warmest time of year with the longest days Thunderstorms can be intense with frequent lightning, powerful gusts of wind and intense precipitation. Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of Electricity, which typically occurs during Thunderstorms and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or
| Weather averages for Formosa, Argentina | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 33. 5 (92) | 32. 8 (91) | 31. 9 (89) | 27. 3 (81) | 24. 3 (76) | 21. 5 (71) | 21. 9 (71) | 24. 2 (76) | 25. 2 (77) | 28. 8 (84) | 30. 8 (87) | 32. 6 (91) | 27. 9 (82) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22. 4 (72) | 21. 9 (71) | 20. 6 (69) | 18. 5 (65) | 15. 2 (59) | 12. 1 (54) | 12. 1 (54) | 13. 4 (56) | 14. 2 (58) | 17. 5 (64) | 19. 9 (68) | 21. 1 (70) | 17. 4 (63) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 156. In Meteorology, precipitation (also known as one class of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric 2 (6. 1) | 120. 6 (4. 7) | 151. 7 (6) | 212. 5 (8. 4) | 115. 3 (4. 5) | 75. 7 (3) | 55. 5 (2. 2) | 61. 8 (2. 4) | 102. 2 (4) | 108. 4 (4. 3) | 202. 3 (8) | 136. 2 (5. 4) | 1,498. 4 (59) |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (Argentine Meteorological Service) (NB: Data from the period 1981-1990)[3] Mar 2008 | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Reseña (Spanish)
- ^ Guía Climática para el Turismo (Climate Guide for Tourists) (Spanish). Retrieved on Mar 8, 2008.
- ^ Guía Climática para el Turismo (Climate Guide for Tourists) (Spanish). Retrieved on Mar 8, 2008.
External links
- Official website (Spanish)
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.
- National University of Formosa (Spanish)
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