Campana is a city in the
province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the
seat of the
Campana Partido
Campana Partido (Spanish: Partido de Campana) is a partido in the north-east of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.
The provincial subdivision has a population of around 84,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Campana, which ...
. It is located about from the
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South Am ...
, on the right-hand margin of the
Paraná River. Its population is 94,333 inhabitants as per the .
Campana and
Zárate make up an important industrial region. The city is linked to Zárate and the
Zárate-Brazo Largo Bridge (and from there to
Mesopotamia) by Provincial Route 6. The
Pan-American Highway (Route 9) links Campana to Buenos Aires,
Rosario,
Córdoba and the north of Argentina.
The village of Campana was officially created in 1875. It was on July 6th, 1885 that Campana Partido was created as an offshoot of the Exaltación de la Cruz Partido.
Campana has been since late 19th century and to a lesser degree today an important shipyard and port for passengers traveling to the remote
Ibicuy Islands of the
Paraná Delta
The Paraná Delta ( es, Delta del Paraná) is the delta of the Paraná River in Argentina and it consists of several islands known as the Islas del Paraná. The Paraná flows north–south and becomes an alluvial basin (a flood plain) between ...
.
Japanese automobile manufacturer
Honda opened a factory in 2011, where it has built the
Honda City
The is a subcompact car which has been produced by the Japanese manufacturer Honda since 1981.
The City was originally a 3-door hatchback/2-door convertible for the Japanese, European and Australasian markets. The 3-door City was retired in 19 ...
and
Honda HR-V
The Honda HR-V is a subcompact crossover SUV (B-segment) manufactured and marketed by Honda over three generations.
The first generation HR-V was based on the Honda Logo. It was marketed from 1999 to 2006 in Europe, Japan and select Asia-Paci ...
.
Demographics
Campana has a total of 94,333 inhabitants (INDEC, 2010).
[Argentine Census of 2010]
Population origins
Most of the city's population consists almost entirely by descendants of
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional It ...
and
Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
(mostly
Galicians)
immigrants, although there are other minorities such as Germans, British, French and
Roms. In recent years there has been a slight increase in population from East Asia (China and South Korea) and Latin American countries like
Bolivia
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, flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...
,
Paraguay and
Peru.
Sports
Campana is home to
Club Villa Dálmine, a football club that plays in Argentina's regionalised
2nd division,
Villa Dálmine se coronó campeón de la Primera C y ascendió a la Primera B Metropolitana. and to
Club Atlético Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Nuevo, an older club that plays in
5th division In military terms, 5th Division may refer to:
Infantry divisions
*5th Division (Australia)
* 5th Division (People's Republic of China)
* 5th Division (Colombia)
* Finnish 5th Division (Continuation War)
*5th Light Cavalry Division (France)
* 5th M ...
.
Notes
References
*
Municipality of Campana- Official website.
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Paraná River
Populated places established in 1885
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
Port settlements in Argentina
Cities in Argentina