Formosa (Argentina)
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| location | 26 ° 11 ′ S , 58 ° 11 ′ W | ||
| Height above d. M .: | 57 m | ||
| Population (2001): | 198.074 | ||
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 Formosa
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| Department : | Formosa | ||
| Mayor: | Jorge Jofré (as of 2017) | ||
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| Postal code : | P3600 | ||
| Telephone code: | 03717 | ||
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Formosa is a city in northern Argentina , located on the right bank of the Río Paraguay , which forms the border between Argentina and Paraguay. It is the capital of the province of Formosa with the same name and has 198,074 inhabitants.
Formosa has been the seat of the Diocese of Formosa since 1957 and the seat of the Universidad Nacional de Formosa (UNaF) since 1988 , which emerged from a campus of the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste founded in 1977 .
To the southwest of the city, seven kilometers away, is the “El Pucú Airport” ( IATA : FMA, ICAO : SARF), which is mainly used for charter flights and domestic scheduled flights.
history
The region was originally populated by Toba and Wichí (Matacos). The city was founded on April 8, 1879 by Luis Jorge Fontana . The founder's remains rest in the city's cathedral . The name of the city and the province are derived from the old Spanish word fermosa (today: hermosa = beautiful). Spanish sailors in search of the Sierra de Plata (Silver Mountains) called the bend of the Río Paraguay , on which today's Formosa lies, Vuelta Fermosa or Vuelta la Formosa .
economy
Formosa is above all an administrative center, the agricultural industry is also important, which processes the products of the agricultural area (especially cotton production). Forestry in the area is also important.
Worth seeing
The cityscape is modern, the road network is laid out like a grid; However, there are also some interesting buildings from the turn of the century around 1900, such as the cathedral and the government palace.
Festivals
- Carneval (February)
- Día de la Fundación (April 8th). Celebration of the city's founding day
- Fiesta de la Virgen de la Catedral (July 16). Patronage party
- Fiesta del Río (November)
climate
The climate is subtropical and humid with an average temperature of 30–45 ° C in summer and 12–23 ° C in winter. There is a dry season. Nevertheless, the climate is completely humid.
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Formosa
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Sons and daughters
- Raúl Bobadilla (* 1987), football player
- Adolfo Ramón Canecín (* 1958), Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Goya
- Luis Cristaldo (* 1969), former Bolivian soccer player
- Domingo Rey , musician
Web links
- Portal of the Formosa Province (Spanish)
- IFAM Population Statistics (Spanish)
- Formosa-Web - Information and photos about the city and province (Spanish)
- La Mañana - Daily newspaper from Formosa (Spanish)
- Universidad Nacional de Formosa (Spanish)
- LiveArgentina.com - City Info (Spanish)
