Sauce (Corrientes)
| Basic data | |||
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| location | 30 ° 5 ′ S , 58 ° 47 ′ W | ||
| Height above d. M .: | 36 m | ||
| Population (2001): | 9151 | ||
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| Province : |
 Corrientes
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| Department : | sauce | ||
| Mayor: | José Simón Monti, PJ | ||
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| Postal code : | W3463 | ||
| Telephone code: | 03774 | ||
| Site of sauce | |||
Sauce is the capital of the Sauce Department of the same name in the province of Corrientes in northeast Argentina . The municipality is located in the south of the province and borders on the Entre Ríos province via the Río Guayquiraró . In the classification of the municipalities in the province of Corrientes, sauce ranks in the 2nd category.
history
The name of the place is traced back to a portrait of the Virgen del Carmen , which came to Sauce in the early 19th century. At that time the place began to be called Pueblo de la Virgen del Carmen del Sauce .
The date of foundation is October 27, 1881 .
Web links
- IFAM population data (Spanish)
- La Ciudad de Sauce (Spanish)