Argentina-Paraguay Border Crossings - Posadas, Misiones, Encarnaci N, Paraguay, San Roque Gonz Lez de Santa Cruz Bridge (Paperback)

Chapters: Posadas, Misiones, Encarnaci n, Paraguay, San Roque Gonz lez de Santa Cruz Bridge, San Ignacio de Loyola International Bridge. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Posadas Riverside Drive. Posadas Cathedral.Posadas is the capital city of the Argentine province of Misiones, located at the south of the province, on the left-hand (western) shore of the Paran River, opposite Encarnaci n, Paraguay. The city has an area of 965 km and a population of 255,052 (2001 census ). Posadas is the provincial centre of the government, culture and economy. Furniture, tobacco, food, textile, and construction are the most important industries. Other important economical activities are the commerce and services. Posadas is connected to the Paraguayan city of Encarnaci n by the San Roque Gonz lez de Santa Cruz Bridge. The port, once of great economical importance, is used for sport vessels, carrier of passengers and some boats for sand transport. The city is located on National Route 12, some 1,300 kilometres from Buenos Aires. The General Jos de San Mart n Airport (IATA: PSS, ICAO: SARP), at coordinates, is 7 kilometres from the city, and serves regular flights to Buenos Aires. The San Roque Bridge, named in honor of the clergyman who founded both Posadas and Encarnaci n, Paraguay.Father Roque Gonz lez de Santa Cruz established a town called Anunciaci n de Itap a on March 25, 1615, but ten years later the settlement was moved to the other side of the Paran River to the present location of Encarnaci n, Paraguay. The first settlement was not completely abandoned, and a new San Jos reduction was settled there in 1628. In 1867, during the War of the Triple Alliance, the Brazilians set up the Trinchera de San Jos military base there. Following the end ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2035901