Barranqueras

Barranqueras
Barranqueras
City
	Barranqueras town hall
	Barranqueras Location of Barranqueras in Argentina
	Coordinates: 27°29′S 58°56′W / 27.483°S 58.933°W
Country	Argentina
Province	Chaco
Department	San Fernando
Population (2010 census)
• Total	54,698
Time zone	UTC-3 (ART)
CPA base	H3503
Dialing code	+54 3722

Barranqueras is a city in the southeast of the province of Chaco, Argentina, on a small tributary river on the right-hand-side (western) shore of the Paraná River, only 7 km from the provincial capital Resistencia and within its metropolitan area. It has over 50,000 inhabitants according to the 2001 census [INDEC], being the third most populated city in the province.

Barranqueras is located in a commercial node of the Mercosur, and has a port 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.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Alicia Azula retuvo la intendencia de Barranqueras (in Spanish)
^ Confirmadas por el escrutinio definitivo (in Spanish)

Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)
Barranqueras in the Spanish Wikipedia
Puertos de Argentina
Puerto Barranqueras

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[1] Alicia Azula retuvo la intendencia de Barranqueras (in Spanish)

[2] Confirmadas por el escrutinio definitivo (in Spanish)

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