Cities and towns in Argentina Resistencia Province Chaco Department San Fernando Location 27°27′ S 58°59′ W Population 275,962 Demonym resistenciano CPA base H3500 Phone code +54 3722 Mayor Aída B. 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 Chaco is an Argentine province located on the north of the country near the border with Paraguay. Departments (departamentos form the second level of administrative division in the Provinces of Argentina. San Fernando is a department of Chaco Province in Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 365000 inhabitants in an area 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 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 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 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 Ayala Party Alianza

The Resistance city, in Castilian: Resistencia, is a city in northern Argentina, the capital of the Chaco Province, located on a tributary of the Paraná River. 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. Chaco is an Argentine province located on the north of the country near the border with Paraguay. A tributary is a Stream or River which flows into a mainstem (or parent river 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 As of the 2001 census [INDEC], the population of the city proper is 274,490 inhabitants. 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 The metropolitan area totals 359,590, the 11th largest in Argentina. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central

Resistencia is a commercial and transportation center for the sparsely inhabited frontier region to the northwest. Major manufactures include processed food, textiles, refined metal, and wood and leather products. The river port of Barranqueras is nearby. Barranqueras is a city in the southeast of the province of Chaco, Argentina, on a small tributary river on the right-hand-side (western shore of the

Originally called San Fernando del Río Negro, the site was settled in the 17th century as a Jesuit mission and then abandoned in the late 18th century. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order See also Evangelism, Christianization A Christian mission has been widely defined since the Lausanne Congress of 1974 as that which Following Argentina's war with Paraguay (1864–1870), the site was reestablished as an important military outpost. Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only Its present name was adopted in 1876 from the Resistance of the native to be colonized during the wars against the indigenous people.

25 May Square, the main square near to the provincial government site.

The City of the Sculptures

As this craftmanship made by Erminio Blotta, is only one of the more than three hundreds of crafts and sulptures scattered throughout the city.

Anxiety of Light by Erminio Blotta

Climate

The region is characteristically subtropical with out a dry season. An average of 47 inches (1,200 mm) of rain fall every year, often causing temporary flooding. Temperatures in the summer tend to be in the high 90s °F and are intensified by high humidity. Winters are temperate and temperatures rarely get below freezing. In recorded history, snow has never fallen in the city.

Flooding

Seasonal flooding is characteristic of Resistencia and follow every hard rain. There are various reasons for the flooding:

• The city situated in a geographical depression, so it is often impossible for the rain to naturally run off into the Negro or Paraná Rivers. Water from heavy rains must be pumped out.
• The soil has a high concentration of clay which makes filtration difficult.
• Systems of levies have been erected to reclaim land from surrounding lagoons in order to accommodate a growing population.

The biggest threat to the city, however, is not the seasonal flooding caused by heavy rains but the periodic rising of the Paraná River that occurs about every 20 years. 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 most recent occurrences where in 1962, 1982 and 1997. The river rising in 1982 was especially devastating because one of the levees the protect the city burst flooding the city for some time.

Although some locals can drink the water, it's generally not advised to do so, most locals and tourists either drink bottled water, carbonated water or soft drinks.

Culture & Tourism

Sculpture celebrating the first Italian immigrants to the region

The more important social event is by far the biennial woodcarving contest, celebrated every two years through one entire week in July. Recent editions of the contest also included works in marble and ice, the last one very rare because of the city's subtropical weather, where temperatures below 5 °C are unusual. 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 Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. At the same festival, folks and rocks bands and fireworks usualy turns the night over. The sculptures usually remain in the city, placed in sidewalks and parks all over the city. This has led to city being know as "The city of the sculptures" and an "Open Air Museum" (over 400 sculptures have already been placed). The city has a tax promotion which frees anyone who places a sculpture in a visible place in front of his house from taxes for one year. From Resistencia City, one can go on amusing tours or excursions - fishing in Paraná River, visiting San Fernando de Río Negro Abipone Indians Settlement, Villa Paranacito Resort and the various museums. A few kilometers away, one can visit Corrientes City through the Barranqueras port area and General Belgrano Bridge. In the surroundings, regional products and pottery, bows, arrows, baskets, weaves and leather crafts are available. Other interesting sites to visit include Guacara Ruins, Makallé old Fortress, San Buenaventura del Monte Alto Indians Settlement, Puerto Bermejo and Las Palmas Town.

Music

Traditional Argentinean folkloric music such as Chacarera and Chamamé is widely popular, there is also electronic bands as Tonolec which mix autochthonous music styles with electronic and a good number of Jazz bands as well. Chacarera is a folk Dance and Music originated in the northwest of Argentina and in the south of Bolivia in the 19th century Chamamé is a Folk music genre from the Argentine Northeast Mesopotamia (" Litoral " and in the south of Brazil. The song Going to Resistencia, making reference to the city itself, is an example of their high compounded multiculturalism trait.

Night Life

The night life in Resistencia is some of the best in the region. There is a plethora of clubs, restaurants, pubs and discotheques.

References

• Municipality of Resistencia - Official website.
• [1] - General Information
• Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.

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