Triple Frontera

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Mouth of the Río Iguazu in the Paraná, right Brazil, left Paraguay, in the foreground Argentina

The border area between the three states Argentina , Brazil and Paraguay is called Triple Frontera or Tríplice Fronteira (Spanish and Portuguese for: triangle or triple border) .

location

Triple Frontera (Brazil)
Triple Frontera
Triple Frontera
Location of the Triple Frontera

The triple border is at the confluence of the Río Iguazú in the Río Paraná not far from the Iguazú waterfalls . The Triple Frontera is thus in the middle of the Acuífero Guaranís . Geographically, the area belongs to the subtropical rainforest, part of which is protected in the Argentine and Brazilian national parks of Iguazú.

  • Landmarks "Hitos"

  • Argentine

  • Brazilian

  • Paraguayan

Cities in the border area

Puente Internacional de la Amistad between Ciudad del Este and Foz do Iguaçu

Today there is an international agglomeration in the area of ​​the Triple Frontera, which essentially consists of three cities: Puerto Iguazú (approx. 45,000 inhabitants) in Argentina , Foz do Iguaçu (approx. 300,000 inhabitants) in Brazil and Ciudad del Este (approx. 240,000 Residents) in Paraguay . All three cities are primarily regarded as trading metropolises, but also as centers of smuggling. Puerto Iguazú and Foz do Iguaçu are also the starting point for the Iguazú waterfalls. A few kilometers upstream, the Paraná is dammed by the dam of the Itaipú hydropower plant between the Paraguayan Hernanderías and Foz do Iguaçu. Ciudad del Este and Foz do Iguaçu are connected by the Puente de la Amistad (Spanish) / Ponte da Amizade (Portuguese) ("Bridge of Friendship"). Another bridge is planned between Presidente Franco, who is on the Paraguayan side directly on the Triple Frontera, and Foz do Iguaçu. Between Foz do Iguaçu and Puerto Iguazú there is the Puente Internacional Tancredo Neves around 3.1 km to the west (above the mouth of the Iguazú) . Paraguay and Argentina have no direct bridge connection in this area.

controversy

The region hit the headlines in the late 1990s and early 2000s after suspected cells from various terrorist organizations, including al-Qaeda and Hezbollah . In particular, it was assumed that these cells were linked to two attacks in Buenos Aires on Israeli organizations in the 1990s (the AMIA association and the Israeli embassy). So far, however, despite investigations by the US secret service, no evidence has been found for the existence of these cells.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Construcción del segundo puente entre Franco - Foz de Yguazú
  2. ^ Article in The New Yorker magazine

Web links

Commons : Triple Frontera  - Collection of Images

Coordinates: 25 ° 35 ′ 33 ″  S , 54 ° 35 ′ 35 ″  W