San Nicolás de los Arroyos (usually shortened to ''San Nicolás'') is a city in the
province
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of
Buenos Aires
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, Argentina, on the western shore of the
Paraná River
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, from
Rosario
Rosario () is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous city in the country, and is also the most ...
. It has about 133,000 inhabitants (). It is the administrative seat of the ''
partido'' of the same name. It is sometimes called ''Ciudad de María'' (City of Mary) due to a series of Marian apparitions that led to the erection of the Sanctuary in honor of
Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolás that began during the 1980s and were approved by Bishop Cardelli of the
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
as "worthy of belief" in 2016.
History
San Nicolás de los Arroyos was founded on 14 April 1748 by Rafael de Aguiar, who gave it its name to honour
Saint Nicholas of Bari, now patron of the city.
The closeness to the border between Buenos Aires and two other large provinces made the city a natural stage for the struggle between
federalist
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History Europe federation
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and
Unitarians forces in mid-19th century. The agreement between thirteen provinces on 31 May 1852, which ratified the
Federal Pact and called for a
Constitutional
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When these princip ...
Assembly sponsored by
Justo José de Urquiza, was signed in this town, and became known as ''
Acuerdo de San Nicolás de los Arroyos''.
Geography
The city is located in the north-east of the province of Buenos Aires, 240 km from
Buenos Aires
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City, within the so-called ''Industrial Corridor'' that goes from
Greater Rosario to
La Plata
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. Its limits are: to the west,
Pergamino; to the south,
Ramallo; to the east, with the Paraná River, which separates it from the province of
Entre Ríos; and to the north, with the
Arroyo del Medio
The Arroyo del Medio ( Spanish, lit. "Middle Creek" or "Middle Stream") is a small river of Argentina, located on (and serving as) the border between the provinces of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe. Its catchment basin comprises about . The Arroyo e ...
, a small river that separates it from the province of
Santa Fe.
Its main accesses are in the north–south axis: the
Rosario-Buenos Aires Highway, and the
Nuevo Central Argentino railroad.
San Nicolás has
an important port on the Paraná, able to service large cargo ships. The railway system has passenger and cargo stations, the latter reaching up to the port.
Education
The city has 43 kindergarten institutions, 58 schools of Elementary Education, 28 of High-school level (both public and private), 26 schools for adults and a large number of tertiary studies institutes.
It is also home of the San Nicolás Regional Faculty, a branch of the
National Technological University (UTN)
Cultural life
There are a variety cultural institutions in the city, though the most important one is perhaps the
Rafael de Aguiar Municipal Theatre, founded on August 10, 1908, and designed as a smaller model of the
Teatro Colón
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in Buenos Aires.
Among the many libraries in the city, the oldest and largest is the
Rafael de Aguiar Popular Library, founded in 1947 by Juana Couretot de Guella.
City sights
Notable natives
*Footballer
Gustavo Pedro Echaniz
*Health Minister
Ginés González García
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br>
*Journalist and short story writer
Manuel Peyrou (1902–1974
*Revolutionary and guerrilla leader
Enrique Gorriarán Merlo
Enrique Haroldo Gorriarán Merlo (18 October 1941 – 22 September 2006) was an Argentine guerrilla, born in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires Province.
His family was affiliated with the Radical Civic Union, but at the age of 27 Gorria ...
(1942–2006)
*Members of the folk music band ''
Los Arroyeños'
*Designer and App Developer
Andres Buzzio
*Football legend
Omar Sivori
*Former football players
Héctor Baley,
Leo Franco,
Patricio Hernández,
Rubén Pagnanini,
Andrés Guglielminpietro,
Nelson Vivas and
Bruno Marioni
Notes and references
* This article draws material from
the corresponding article in the Spanish Wikipedia.
External links
*
Ministry of Education- Acuerdo de San Nicolás.
Municipality of San Nicolás de los Arroyos- Official website.
The Portal of the cityTourism Official SiteDiario El Norte- Local newspaper
Biblioteca Popular "Rafael de Aguiar"- Public Library
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Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
Paraná River
Port settlements in Argentina
Populated places established in 1748
Cities in Argentina
San Nicolás Partido