San Salvador, Entre Ríos
San Salvador | |
|---|---|
| Motto(s): Capital Nacional del Arroz | |
  San Salvador Location o San Salvador in Argentinae | |
| Coordinates: 31°37′S 58°30′W / 31.617°S 58.500°WCoordinates: 31°37′S 58°30′W / 31.617°S 58.500°W | |
| Kintra |  Argentinae |
| Province | Entre Ríos |
| Depairtment | San Salvador |
| Foondit bi | Miguel Pedro A. Malarín |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Lucas Larrarte (PJ) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.22 km2 (2.40 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 13,228 |
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
| CPA base | E3218 |
| Dialin code | +54 345 |
| Website | Offeecial Steid (spaingie) |
San Salvador is a ceety in the province o Entre Ríos, Argentinae. It haes 13,228 indwallers per the 2010 census [INDEC], an is the heid toun o the San Salvador Depairtment. It is locatit on the center-east o the province, bi Naitional Route 18, aboot 48 km wast o the Uruguay River an 205 km east frae the provincial caipital Paraná. The ceety is kent as the 'Naitional Caipital o Rice'.
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]The toun wis foondit on 25 Dizember 1889 bi the lawyer Miguel Malarín. The focal pynt o the dounset wis the Malarín faimily hame, cried Villa Aurora, efter the mither o the foonder, Aurora Saint-Sauveur. The name o the toun wis a homage tae her an aw, as San Salvador is the Spaingie leeteral translation o the French surname Saint-Sauveur. Colonists brocht agricultur tae the aurie (wheat, linseed, corn, sunflouer, an later sorghum). Rice crops wur plantit first in 1932 an became popular, spreadin tae the whole province.
Economy
[eedit | eedit soorce]The San Salvador Depairtment haes rice as its tradeetional crop, an the ceety o San Salvador is nou kent as the Naitional Caipital o Rice. The aurie hosts industries an aw producin larrie chassis, agricultural machines, aluminium wirks, pumps, an rice mills.
Tourism
[eedit | eedit soorce]Naitional Museum o Rice Industry
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Museum displays the entire history o rice industry in Argentinae. Is ane o the three museums dedicatit tae the rice in the warld.
References
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae San Salvador, Entre Ríos. |
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Meenistry o Interior, Argentinae. (in Spaingie)
- Offeecial wabsteid.
- Unoffeecial wabsteid Archived 2006-10-19 at the Wayback Machine.
- San Salvador at TurismoEntreRios.com.
- San Salvador at EntreRiosTotal.com.