Bella Vista (Tucuman)
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location | 27 ° 2 ′ S , 65 ° 18 ′ W | |
Population (2001): | 15,126 | |
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Province : | Tucuman | |
Department : | Leales | |
Mayor: | Luis Alberto Espeche | |
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Postal code : | T4168 | |
Telephone code: | 0381 | |
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Bella Vista is the capital of the Leales department in the province of Tucumán in northwestern Argentina . Bella Vista is 25 kilometers south-east of the provincial capital San Miguel de Tucumán on Ruta Provincial 301 and has 15,126 inhabitants (2001, INDEC ).
geography
Bella Vista is located on a fertile plain, about 30 kilometers from the Aconquija massif , near the Río Grande .
history
Bella Vista has no known founding date. It developed slowly in the middle of a sugar cane growing area, then came the railway line and finally a sugar cane factory, which gave the settlement its name for many years: Ingenio Bella Vista . The founder and owner of the sugar cane factory was Manuel García Fernández . It remained in the hands of his family until the 1960s. After the sugar crisis, it was nationalized by the now dissolved Comisión Nacional Azucarera ( CONASA ). This took place from 1973 to 1976. In 1977 it was re-privatized.
economy
In agriculture, the cultivation of sugar cane and its processing in the Ingenio Bella Vista dominate . They also produce ethanol and cellulose there. Bella Vista is also the headquarters of the Compañía Tucumana de Fósforos match factory .
Personalities
- Luis Díaz ("Lucho") (1924–1979), poet
- Néstor Antonio Fuentes (“El Bagual”), folklore dancer
- Miguel Sánchez (1952–1978), athlete, footballer, poet, disappeared during the military dictatorship
- Atilio Santillán (1935–1976), union leader, murdered during the military dictatorship
- Aníbal Villareal ("El Flaco"), guitarist
Web links
- IFAM statistics data (Spanish)