Zárate
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| location | 34 ° 6 ′ S , 59 ° 2 ′ W | ||
| Height above d. M .: | 27 m | ||
| Population (2001): | 101.271 | ||
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 Buenos Aires (Province)
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| Partido : | Zárate | ||
| Mayor: | Omar Bernues, PJ | ||
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| Postal code : | B2800 | ||
| Telephone code: | 03487 | ||
Zárate is a city in eastern Argentina , in the northern province of Buenos Aires . The city is located on the Río Paraná and has 101,271 inhabitants (as of 2001, INDEC ).
Zárate forms an agglomeration with the neighboring town of Campana , located six kilometers to the south, and the towns are connected by a joint industrial park. Together both cities have 164,524 inhabitants.
Zárate is primarily a seat of heavy industry, but is also visited by tourists, especially from Buenos Aires , because of its location on the river . The Toyota Argentina plant has been based in Zárate since 1994 .
In Zárate there is the southernmost bridge over the Río Paraná, the Complejo Zárate - Brazo Largo , which is also the shortest connection between Buenos Aires and Montevideo in Uruguay. A few kilometers north of Zárate is the Atucha nuclear power plant , the largest nuclear power plant in Argentina.
sons and daughters of the town
- Onofre Marimón (1923–1954), Formula 1 racing driver in the 1950s
- Virgilio Expósito (1924–1997), tango composer and pianist
- Raúl de la Torre (1938–2010), director, screenwriter and film producer
- Sergio Zárate (* 1969), football player
- Oscar Ahumada (* 1982), football player
- Tomas Contte (* 1998), racing cyclist
Web links
- IFAM statistics data (Spanish)