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Corrientes

Corrientes is the capital city of the province

Provinces of Argentina

Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one federal district . The federal district and the provinces have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system....
of Corrientes

Corrientes Province

Corrientes is a Provinces of Argentina in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia, Argentina. Its name means "currents" or "rapids" in Spanish....
, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River

Paraná River

This article is about the second-longest river in South America: For the shorter river in Goi?s, central Brazil, see Paran? RiverThe Paran? River is a river in south central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina over a course of some 2,570 kilometers ....
, about 1,000 km from Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Posadas, Misiones

Posadas is the capital city of the Argentina Provinces of Argentina of Misiones Province, located at the south of the province, on the left-hand shore of the Paran? River, opposite Encarnaci?n, Paraguay....
, on National Route 12

National Route 12 (Argentina)

National Route 12 is a road in Argentina, connecting the northeast section to the rest of the country. It runs through the provinces of Misiones Province, Corrientes Province, Entre R?os Province and Buenos Aires Province....
. It had a population of 328,689 at the .

The city
Corrientes, as the provincial capital, is the most important city in the province, its economical centre, and holds the authorities and governmental institutions.

It has a mix of colonial and modern architecture, several churches and a number of ceibo

Erythrina crista-galli

Erythrina crista-galli is a flowering tree in the family Fabaceae, native to Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay. It is widely planted as a street or garden tree in other countries, most notably in California ....
, jacaranda

Jacaranda

Jacaranda is a genus of 49 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America and Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean....
, and orange

Orange (fruit)

An orange?specifically, the sweet orange?is the citrus Citrus sinensis and its fruit. The orange is a Hybrid of ancient cultivated origin, possibly between pomelo and tangerine ....
trees.

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The city

Corrientes, as the provincial capital, is the most important city in the province, its economical centre, and holds the authorities and governmental institutions.

It has a mix of colonial and modern architecture, several churches and a number of ceibo

Erythrina crista-galli

Jacaranda

Orange (fruit)

An orange?specifically, the sweet orange?is the citrus Citrus sinensis and its fruit. The orange is a Hybrid of ancient cultivated origin, possibly between pomelo and tangerine ....
trees. Its also home to one of the biggest carnival

Carnival

Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during January and February. Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus , masque and public street party....
celebrations in the country.

The annual average temperature is 20 °C, with maximum and minimum averages of 33 °C and 10 °C respectively. The annual rainfall is around 1,200 mm.

Transportation

The General Belgrano Bridge

General Belgrano Bridge

The General Manuel Belgrano Bridge is a road bridge that joins the Argentina cities of Corrientes and Resistencia over the course of the Paran? River ....
crosses the Paraná River

Paraná River

Chaco Province

Chaco is an Argentina province located in the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. Its capital is Resistencia, Chaco on the Paran? River opposite the city of Corrientes....
. On the other side of the bridge is Resistencia

Resistencia, Chaco

The Resistance city, in Castilian: Resistencia, is a city in northern Argentina, the capital of the Chaco Province, located on a tributary of the Paran? River....
, capital of Chaco. To the west and up the Paraná, between Paraguay

Paraguay

Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay , is one of the only two landlocked countries in South America . It lies on both banks of the Paraguay River and is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest....
and Argentina, lies the Yaciretá dam

Yaciretá Dam

The Hydroelectric Power Station Jasyret?-Apip? is a Hydroelectricity built over the waterfalls of Jasyret?-Apip? in the Paran? River, between the Argentina Province of Corrientes Province and the Paraguayan Misiones Department....
, one of the largest hydroelectric

Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is electricity generated by hydropower, i.e., the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water....
power generators in the world.

The Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport

Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport

Corrientes International Airport is an airport in Corrientes Province, Argentina serving the city of Corrientes, built in 1961 while the terminal was completed in 1964....
at coordinates , 5 km away from the city, serves the city.

History

In 1516, Juan Díaz de Solís

Juan Díaz de Solís

Juan D?az de Sol?s, , was a Spain navigator and explorer.D?az de Sol?s was probably born in Lebrija, Seville , although some other authors argue that his birth may have actually taken place in Portugal to an Andalusian emigree family....
commanded the first expedition to reach the area populated mainly by Guaraní

Guaraní

Guaran? are a group of culture related indigenous peoples of South America, distinguished from the related Tupi people by their use of the Guaran? language....
aboriginals, but his expedition was attacked and Solís perished in the adventure.

Sebastián Gaboto

Sebastian Cabot (explorer)

Sebastian Cabot was an Italy List of explorers, probably born in Venice....
established in 1527 the Sancti Spiritu fort upstream of the Paraná River

Paraná River

Pedro de Mendoza

Pedro de Mendoza y Luj?n , was a Spain conquistador, soldier and explorer, and the first adelantado of the R?o de la Plata....
reached further north into the basin of the river, searching for the Sierras of Silver.

Juan Torres de Vera y Aragón founded on April 3 1588 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 peninsula

Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
s 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

Asunción

Asunci?n , population 1,212,112 , is the Capital and largest city of Paraguay. The "Ciudad de Asunci?n" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department....
in present Paraguay

Paraguay

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
made it an important middle point, specially because of its 55-metre-high lands that prevent flooding when the water level rises.

In 1615 Jesuit

Society of Jesus

The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic religious order of clerks regular whose members are called Jesuits, Soldiers of Jesus Christ, and Foot soldiers of the Pope, because the founder, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a knight before becoming a Holy Orders....
s settled near the Uruguay River

Uruguay River

The Uruguay River is a river in South America. It flows from north to south and makes boundary with Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, separating some of the Argentine provinces of the Mesopotamia, Argentina from the other two countries....
. In 1807 the city resisted the British invasions

British invasions of the Río de la Plata

The British invasions of the R?o de la Plata were a series of unsuccessful United Kingdom attempts to seize control of the Spain colony located around the La Plata Basin in South America ....
. During the Argentine War of Independence

Argentine War of Independence

The Argentine War of Independence was fought from 1810 to 1818 by Argentine forces under Manuel Belgrano and Jos? de San Mart?n against royalist forces loyal to the Spain....
it was in permanent conflict with the centralist government of Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

War of the Triple Alliance

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 other South American war....
united them after the city was attacked by Paraguay

Paraguay

In Fiction

The Graham Greene spy novel "The Honorary Consul
The Honorary Consul

The Honorary Consul is a novel by Graham Greene, published in 1973. It was one of the author's favourite works....
" (1973) takes place in Corrientes.

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