Gualeguay is a city in the province

Provinces of Argentina

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 of Entre Ríos

Entre Ríos Province

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, Argentina

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, on the Gualeguay River

Gualeguay River

The Gualeguay River is one of the major rivers of the Mesopotamic province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. It is born in the north of the province, in the region between the cities of Federación and San José de Feliciano, and meanders in a general south-southwestward direction across the center of the...

, about 226 km from the provincial capital Paraná and 234 km north-west from Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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. It has a population of about 39,000 inhabitants as per the . It should not be confused with Gualeguaychú (another city, 86 km away).

Gualeguay was founded on March 20, 1783, by a military surveyor, Tomás de Rocamora

Tomás de Rocamora

Juan Tomás Julián Marcos de Rocamora y del Castillo was the governor of three provinces and the founder of several towns in Entre Ríos Province, Argentina....

, sent by the Viceroy of the Río de la Plata

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, Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo

Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo

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. Rocamora was also the official founder of Gualeguaychú and Concepción del Uruguay

Concepción del Uruguay

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 and the one who named the province Entre Ríos ("Between Rivers"). The new village received the name of San Antonio de Gualeguay because it was under the protection of St. Anthony.

Gualeguay was the birthplace of post-impressionist painter Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós

Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós

Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós was an Argentine painter of the post-impressionist school.- Life and work :De Quirós was born in Gualeguay, Entre Ríos Province, in 1879. He began to paint at age eight, and shortly afterwards, created a facial composite sketch that resulted in a fugitive criminal's...

 and anthropologist Juan Bautista Ambrosetti

Juan Bautista Ambrosetti

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 (both among the best-known Argentines in their fields), as well as Jorge Burruchaga

Jorge Burruchaga

Jorge Luis Burruchaga is a former Argentine professional football player, and last manager of Arsenal de Sarandí in the Primera División Argentina...

, a football

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 player and manager and scorer of the winning goal in the 1986 FIFA World Cup

1986 FIFA World Cup

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 final and Fernando Ayala

Fernando Ayala

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, a major Argentine cinema director and producer.