Apóstoles 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 ...
of
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 40,858 inhabitants as per the , and is the seat of government of Apóstoles Department. It is located on the southwest of the province, 60 km south from the provincial capital
Posadas and 27 km from the international
Argentina–Brazil border.
Apóstoles is the National Capital of
yerba mate
Yerba mate or yerba-maté (''Ilex paraguariensis''; from Spanish ; pt, erva-mate, or ; gn, ka'a, ) is a plant species of the holly genus '' Ilex'' native to South America. It was named by the French botanist Augustin Saint-Hilaire. The lea ...
, and hosts an annual festival dedicated to this plant, the basis of the popular ''
mate'' infusion.
The town was established as a
Jesuit reduction
Reductions ( es, reducciones, also called ; , pl. ) were settlements created by Spanish rulers and Roman Catholic missionaries in Spanish America and the Spanish East Indies (the Philippines). In Portuguese-speaking Latin America, such red ...
in 1652. The first wave of
immigrants
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, mainly
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...
and
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
, arrived in 1897. The municipality was officially created on 28 November 1913.
See also
*
Chango Spasiuk
Horacio ''"Chango"'' Spasiuk (born September 23, 1968 in Apóstoles, Misiones) is an Argentine chamamé musician and accordion player.
Of Ukrainian grandparents, ''El Chango'' had a strong Polka music influence from his early days; Eastern Eur ...
References
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Municipality of Apóstoles(official website).
Feast of the yerba mate(official website).
Apóstoles Facebook(official website).
Municipality Facebook(official website).
Feast of the Yerba Mate Facebook(official website).
Populated places in Misiones Province
Populated places established in 1652
1652 establishments in the Spanish Empire
Cities in Argentina
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