Concordia

• Name — Concordia • Native Name — San Antonio de Padua de la Concordia • Settlement Type — City • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Argentina • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Entre Ríos • Subdivision Type2 — Department • Subdivision Name2 — Concordia • Established Title — Founded • Established Date — November 29, 1831 • Founder — Mariano José del Castillo • Leader Title — Intendant • Leader Name — Francisco Azcué (UCR) • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Total Km2 — 3259 • Elevation M — 31 • Population Total — 179203 • Population As Of — 2022 census • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Demonym — concordiense • Timezone1 — ART • Utc Offset1 — −3 • Postal Code Type — CPA base • Postal Code — E3200 • Area Code Type — Dialing code • Area Code — +54 345 • Website — Official website

The area was inhabited by the Charrúas and the Yaro people when the Spanish had arrived. The city was founded in November 1831.

Concordia lies on the right-hand (western) shore of the Uruguay River, opposite the city of Salto in Uruguay. The two cities are joined by a road/railway link that is part of the Salto Grande Dam complex (starting on the Argentine side 18 km north from the center of Concordia). It is located approximately 430 km north of Buenos Aires.

According to the Köppen climate classification, Concordia has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). Mean monthly temperatures range from 12.5 C in July, the coldest month, to 25.3 C in January, the warmest month. Concordia receives a mean annual precipitation of 1372.9 mm. Fall (March to May) is the wettest season while winter (June to August) is the driest season. However, there is great year to year variability in annual precipitation. The frost free period is 10 months long and in an average year, there are 8.6 days with frost.

The city is known as the national capital of citrus production. El Palmar National Park, an important reserve for Yatay palm trees, lies 60 km south of the city.

• Illustration — Flooded riverfront (2015) Like most settlements by the Uruguay River, Concordia suffers from intense floods. In 2015, a major flood left around 20,000 residents evacuated from the city.

• Illustration — Urban area As of 2022, Concordia has a population of 179,203 inhabitants. Over half of them live under the poverty line, this being the third highest percentage in Argentina, after Resistencia and Formosa. • Year — Population • 2022 — 179,203 • 2010 — 152,282 • 2001 — 157,291 • 1991 — 138,980 • 1980 — 123,190 • 1970 — 110,401 • 1960 — 99,666 • 1947 — 86,766 • 1914 — 41,134

The area is served by an airport SAAC located at. The airport was rebuilt and finished by March 31, 2025. It reopened in September 2025, after being under construction since 2022.

• Isidoro Blaisten (1933–2004), journalist • Gustavo Ruiz Díaz (b. 1981), footballer • Isaac Ganón (1916–1975), sociologist • Celestino Piaggio (1886–1931), pianist, conductor, and composer • Isabel Sarli (1929–2019), actress and model • Joaquin Szuchman (born 1995), Israeli-Argentine basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

• Illustration — Concordia's most architecturally significant residence, the Arruabarrena house • Illustration — Former train station • Illustration — Hipólito Yrigoyen Bus Terminal • Illustration — Pedestrian Entre Ríos Street