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Paraná

Also known as Paraná, Entre Ríos, Paraná, Argentina

capital city of the Argentine province Entre Ríos

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Paraná is a city and municipality in Argentina, serving as the capital of Entre Ríos Province and Paraná Department. It is located within the administrative territorial entity of Paraná Department. The city has a population of 271,304 and covers an area of 137,000,000 square units. Its elevation above sea level is 66 meters, and it operates in the UTC−03:00 time zone. The local dialing code is 343, and the postal code is E3100.

The demonym for residents is paranaense. Paraná is twinned with the administrative bodies of Rehovot, Artigas, and Muscatine. Historical sources describing the city include the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. It has at various times been the capital of the Argentine Confederation.

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Place details

Locality: Paraná
Region: Entre Ríos
Country: Argentina
Population: 247,139
Timezone: America/Argentina/Cordoba

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PM10: 5.3 µg/m³

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Travel guide

Understand

Paraná has what is left of the araucaria forest, one of the most important subtropical forests in the world. At the border with Argentina is the National Park of Iguaçu, considered by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. 40 km from there, at the border with Paraguay, the largest dam in the world was built, the Hidroelétrica de Itaipu (Itaipu Hydroelectric Dam).

Before the arrival of European settlers, indigenous populations inhabited the region for thousands of years. They included the Carijó in the lands closer to the sea, from the Tupi group, and the Caingangues in the interior, who belonged to the Jê group. In the 1940s, the northern part of the state was settled as a result of the expansion of the São Paulo coffee industry.

The main economic activities are agriculture, industry (agribusiness, automotive, and paper) and plant extraction (wood and yerba mate). In agriculture, the state stands out in the production of soybeans, maize, wheat, sugarcane, cassava, beans, tomato, orange and yerba mate.

Get in

Afonso Pena International Airport in Curitiba Foz do Iguaçu International Airport in in Foz do Iguaçu

See

thumbnail|Atlantic forests The Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves — a UNESCO World Heritage site

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Encyclopedic overview

Paraná ( Spanish pronunciation: [paɾaˈna]) is the capital city of the Argentine province Entre Ríos, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, opposite the city of Santa Fe, capital of the neighbouring Santa Fe Province. The city has a population of 268,889 inhabitants within its urban area. Greater Paraná has a population of 312,713 inhabitants. (2022 census [INDEC]) Its original name was Bajada (landing).

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paraná” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.