Reconquista
Reconquista is a city in the north of the, 327 km from the provincial capital. It is the head town of the General Obligado Department, and it has 84,939 inhabitants according to the. The city lies on a branch of the Paraná River opposite the city of Goya, Corrientes.
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Overview
Overview
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.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Reconquista • Settlement Type — City • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Argentina • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Santa Fe • Subdivision Type2 — Department • Subdivision Name2 — General Obligado • Established Title — Founded • Established Date — 1872 • Leader Party — PJ • Leader Title — Intendant • Leader Name — Amadeo E. Vallejos • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Total Km2 — 537 • Elevation M — 46 • Population Total — 84,939 • Population As Of — 2022 census • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone1 — ART • Utc Offset1 — −3 • Postal Code Type — CPA base • Postal Code — S3560 • Area Code Type — Dialing code • Area Code — +54 3482 • Website — Official website
Climate
Climate
The climate of the region is wet subtropical (average 14 °C in winter, 26 °C in summer), with a mean annual rainfall of 1290 mm.
Transportation
Transportation
The city is served by commercial airlines using the Reconquista Airport, served, as of 2023, by LADE.
History
History
Reconquista was natively inhabited by the Abipones people according to accounts from Jesuit Martin Dobrizhoffer. On November 22, 1872, the Governor Simón de Iriondo by Decree No. 430 authorizing the creation of a town a with the name of Reconquista. In 1998, there were a high number of leptospirosis cases were detected, coming from the area of Reconquista Central Hospital in Reconquista, Santa Fe province.
Notable residents
Notable residents
• Gabriel Batistuta: retired professional footballer • Laura Devetach, writer, was born here in 1936. • Juan Gómez Taleb: professional footballer • Candela Ferro - television journalist
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- 1.Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1991-2020.
- 2.Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales – período 1991–2020. 2023.
- 3.Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por Reconquista Aero. Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo.
- 4.National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Reconquista Aero Climate Normals 1961–1990.
- 5.Historia de Reconquista. Reconquista Todos Juntos.
- 6.Vanasco NB, Fusco S, Zanuttini JC, Manattini S, Dalla Fontana ML, Prez J, Cerrano D, Sequeira MD. Brote de leptospirosis humana luego de una inundación en Reconquista (Santa Fe), 1998 [Outbreak of human leptospirosis after a flood in Reconquista, Santa Fe, 1998]. Rev Argent Microbiol. 2002 Jul-Sep;34(3):124-31. Spanish. PMID 12415894.
- 7.Laura Devetach, Oxford Index, retrieved 6 February 2015
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