Carcarañá

Carcarañá
City
Carcarañá

Location of Carcarañá in Argentina

Coordinates: 32°51′S 61°09′W / 32.850°S 61.150°W / -32.850; -61.150Coordinates: 32°51′S 61°09′W / 32.850°S 61.150°W / -32.850; -61.150
Country Argentina
Province Santa Fe
Department San Lorenzo
Government
  Mayor Mauro Decándido (Justicialist Party)
Area
  Total 145 km2 (56 sq mi)
Population
  Total 15,619
  Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone ART (UTC-3)
CPA base S2138
Dialing code +54 341

Carcarañá is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, located in the San Lorenzo Department, on the southern banks of the Carcarañá River, 47 km (29 mi) west of Rosario on National Route 9, and 196 km (122 mi) south of the provincial capital. As of the 2010 census [INDEC] it has about 22,000 inhabitants.

Carcarañá was founded in 1870 and attained the status of comuna (commune) on 10 December 1890. It is the birthplace of José Ernesto Sosa, Claudio Yacob, and brothers Javier and Germán Lux.

References

In Spanish unless otherwise noted.


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