San Salvador, Entre Ríos
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'.
San Salvador | |
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| 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) |
History eedit
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
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
Naitional Museum o Rice Industry eedit
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 eedit
| 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.