Reconquista, Santa Fe

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Cities and towns in Argentina Reconquista Province Santa Fe Department General Obligado Population 66,187 Demonym reconquistense Location 29°40′ S 59°12′ W Elevation 46 m AMSL CPA base S3560 Phone code +54 3482 Mayor Hugo Daniel Morzán Party Justicialist Party

Reconquista is a city in the north of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, 327 km from the provincial capital. It is the head town of the General Obligado Department, and it has 66,187 inhabitants according to the 2001 census [INDEC].

The city lies on a branch of the Paraná River opposite the city of Goya, Corrientes. As of 2005, the construction of a road link between the two cities is under study; at present there is no way to cross the multiple minor branches, streams and wetlands except by boat.

The climate of the region is wet subtropical (average 14 ºC in winter, 28 ºC in summer), with a mean annual rainfall of 1,408 m.

Reconquista was founded on 27 April 1872 as a military fort, established by Colonel Manuel Obligado, in lands formerly belonging to the Jesuit mission Reducción San Jerónimo del Rey. It was declared a city in 1921.

[edit] References

• Municipalidad de Reconquista (official website)
• Municipal information — Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.
• Inforama — Municipal information at the official website of the Santa Fe provincial government.