Barranqueras is a city in the southeast of the
province
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of
Chaco, Argentina, on a small tributary
river
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on the right-hand-side (western) shore of the
Paraná River
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, only 7 km from the provincial capital
Resistencia and within its
metropolitan area. It has over 50,000 inhabitants according to the , being the third most populated city in the province.
Barranqueras is located in a commercial node of the
Mercosur
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, and has a
port
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on Kilometer 1,198 of the
Paraná, managed by the provincial state since 1991.
Alicia Azula was elected Mayor of Barranqueras in 2003 and she was re-elected twice more.
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References
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* ''Barranqueras'' in the Spanish Wikipedia
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Puertos de Argentina
Puerto Barranqueras
Populated places in Chaco Province
Paraná River
Cities in Argentina
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