Barranqueras

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Cities and towns in Argentina Barranqueras Province Chaco Department San Fernando Location 27°29′ S 58°56′ W Population 50,823 Phone code +54 3722 CPA base H3503

Barranqueras is a city in the southeast of the province of Chaco, Argentina, on a small tributary river on the right-hand-side (western) shore of the Paraná River, only 7 km from the provincial capital Resistencia and within its metropolitan area. It has over 50,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC], being the third most populated in the province.

Barranqueras is located in a commercial node of the Mercosur, and has a port on Kilometer 1,198 of the Paraná, managed by the provincial state since 1991.

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• Municipal information — Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.
• Barranqueras in the Spanish Wikipedia
• Puertos de Argentina
• Puerto Barranqueras

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