Ubajay
Sign in to saveUbajay is a village and municipality in Entre Ríos Province in north-eastern Argentina. Formerly known as Pueblo Palmar and Colonia Palmar Yatay, it is a pioneer of Jewish immigration. It was promoted by the Jewish Colonization Association, a philanthropic entity created by Baron Maurice de Hirsch. On January 5, 1915, the Ubajay Station of the Argentine Northeast Railway was inaugurated, a date that is taken as foundational. The railway symbolized, at the beginning of the 20th century, as a vital artery of Argentine national production, between the Northwest and Mesopotamia, where migratory cu
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- Settlement.official_name
- Ubajay
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- Municipality and village
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- bottom
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- Country
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- Province
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- Department
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- Colón
- Settlement.established_date
- 1915
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- Imperial
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- ART
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- −3
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- Population
- 3240
- Elevation
- 54
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Ubajay is a village and municipality in Entre Ríos Province in north-eastern Argentina. Formerly known as Pueblo Palmar and Colonia Palmar Yatay, it is a pioneer of Jewish immigration. It was promoted by the Jewish Colonization Association, a philanthropic entity created by Baron Maurice de Hirsch. On January 5, 1915, the Ubajay Station of the Argentine Northeast Railway was inaugurated, a date that is taken as foundational. The railway symbolized, at the beginning of the 20th century, as a vital artery of Argentine national production, between the Northwest and Mesopotamia, where migratory currents from Europe bet on the hope of development and progress.
==Origin of Name== Its name comes from the Guarani language, and it refers to the fruit tree Eugenia myrcianthes, which are abundant in the region.
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