Bernardo de Irigoyen is a city in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

Misiones Misiones (, ''Missions'') is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes P ...

, Argentina. It has 10,889 inhabitants as per the , and is the head town of the General Manuel Belgrano Department. It carries the name of prominent politician and diplomat

Bernardo de Irigoyen Bernardo de Irigoyen (December 18, 1822 – December 27, 1906) was an Argentine lawyer, diplomat and politician. Biography Born in Buenos Aires, Irigoyen enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires and earned a ''juris doctor'' in 1843. He was ...

Location

The city is located in the easternmost point of Argentina, on the border with Brazil, next to

Dionísio Cerqueira Dionísio Cerqueira is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Lati ...

(state of Santa Catarina) and Barracão (state of Paraná), an important entrance to the country. It lies on Barracón Hill, at an altitude of 835 m, the highest point in Misiones, by National Route 14, which connects the Argentine Mesopotamia with other regions. The municipality contains part of the Urugua-í Provincial Park, created in 1990.

Climate

Bernardo de Irigoyen has a humid subtropical climate with abundant rainfall in every season (''Cfa'' in

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

), closely bordering a

subtropical highland climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ...

(''Cfb'') as the hottest month averages exactly ). Due to its elevation, it has the coolest climate among the cities of Misiones province, with an annual mean of .

References

* Populated places in Misiones Province Populated places established in 1921 {{Misiones-geo-stub