Gobernador Virasoro
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Gobernador Virasoro is a city in the province
of Corrientes
in the Argentine
Mesopotamia
. It has about 29,000 inhabitants as of the .
The city lies in the north-east of the province, 64 km north from the city of Santo Tomé
and 90 km from Posadas, Misiones
, on National Route 14. The Iberá Wetlands
are located 80 km to the west.
Gobernador Virasoro as such was founded on 23 September 1926. The original settlement, called Villa Vuelta del Ombú since the time the Jesuit
s established a ranch there, was renamed in homage to Valentín Virasoro, a field engineer who measured terrains and studied the Iberá lagoon and wetlands working for the provincial government.
Provinces of Argentina
Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city...
of Corrientes
Corrientes Province
Corrientes is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by : Paraguay, the province of Misiones, Brazil, Uruguay, and the provinces of Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Chaco.-History:...
in the Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia, Argentina
La Mesopotamia, Región Mesopotámica is the humid and verdant area of north-east Argentina, comprising the provinces of Misiones, Entre Ríos and Corrientes. The region called Litoral consists of the Mesopotamia and the provinces of Chaco, Formosa and Santa Fe...
. It has about 29,000 inhabitants as of the .
The city lies in the north-east of the province, 64 km north from the city of Santo Tomé
Santo Tomé, Corrientes
Santo Tomé is a city in the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It has about 22,634 inhabitants as of the . It is the head town of the department of the same name....
and 90 km from Posadas, Misiones
Posadas, Misiones
Posadas is the capital city of the Argentine province of Misiones, located at the south of the province, on the left-hand shore of the Paraná River, opposite Encarnación, Paraguay. The city has an area of 965 km² and a population of 323,739 ....
, on National Route 14. The Iberá Wetlands
Iberá Wetlands
The Iberá Wetlands are a mix of swamps, bogs, stagnant lakes, lagoons, natural slough and courses of water in the center and center-north of the . The Esteros are the second-largest wetlands in world after Pantanal in Brazil...
are located 80 km to the west.
Gobernador Virasoro as such was founded on 23 September 1926. The original settlement, called Villa Vuelta del Ombú since the time the Jesuit
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
s established a ranch there, was renamed in homage to Valentín Virasoro, a field engineer who measured terrains and studied the Iberá lagoon and wetlands working for the provincial government.