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Posadas
Province Misiones
Department Capital
Location 27°25′ S 55°48′ W
Population 255,052
Phone code +54 3752
CPA base N3300
Mayor Jorge Oscar Brignole
Party Frente Renovador
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Posadas is the capital city of the Argentine province of Misiones, located at the south of the province, on the left-hand (western) shore of the Paraná River, opposite Encarnación, Paraguay. 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 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 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. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral 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 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 Encarnación is a city in southeastern Paraguay. It is situated 235 miles south-east of the capital Asunción on the Paraná River, opposite the Argentine The city has an area of 965 km² and a population of 255,052 (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

Posadas is the provincial centre of the government, culture and economy. Furniture, tobacco, food, textile, and construction are the most important industries. Other important economical activities are the commerce and services.

Posadas is connected to the Paraguayan city of Encarnación by the San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge. Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only The San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge, is a long Cable-stayed bridge that crosses the Paraná River between the cities of Posadas, capital of The port, once of great economical importance, is used for sport vessels, carrier of passengers and some boats for sand transport. The city is located on National Route 12, some 1,300 kilometres from Buenos Aires. National Route 12 (RN12 is a road in Argentina, connecting the northeast section to the rest of the country The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand 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 The General José de San Martín Airport (IATA: PSS, ICAO: SARP), at coordinates 27°22′S, 55°58′W, is 7 kilometres from the city, and serves regular flights to Buenos Aires. Libertador General José de San Martín Airport (Aeropuerto de Posadas "Libertador General San Martín" is located 7 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

History

Father Roque González de Santa Cruz founded a town called Anunciación de Itapúa on March 25, 1615, but ten years later the settlement was moved to the other side of the Paraná River to the present location of Encarnación in Paraguay. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. 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

The first settlement was not completely abandoned, and a new San José reduction was settled there in 1628. In 1867, during the War of the Triple Alliance, the Brazilians set up the Trinchera de San José military base there. The War of the Triple Alliance, also known as the Paraguayan War, and the Great War in Paraguay itself was fought from 1864 to 1870 and caused more deaths than any |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld In 1879, at the end of the war, the town was renamed to Posadas after Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, the Supreme Director of the Argentine Confederation. Gervasio Antonio de Posadas y Dávila ( Buenos Aires, June 18, 1757 &ndash July 2, 1833) was a member of Argentina

On December 22, 1881, the limits of the Misiones Federation were drawn, leaving Posadas within the territory of current Corrientes Province. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Corrientes, Spanish for "currents" or "rapids" is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. On July 30, 1884 the National Congress decided to give Posadas to Misiones Province, and name it its capital. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Congress of the Argentine Nation (Congreso de la Nación Argentina is the legislative branch of the government of Argentina.

Celebrities born in Posadas

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