RECONQUISTA, SANTA FE

'Reconquista' is a city in the north of the , 327 km from the provincial capital. It is the head town of the General Obligado Department, and it has 66,187 inhabitants according to the .
The city lies on a branch of the Paraná River opposite the city of Goya, Corrientes. As of 2005, the construction of a road link between the two cities is under study; at present there is no way to cross the multiple minor branches, streams and wetlands except by boat.
The climate of the region is wet subtropical (average 14 °C in winter, 28 °C in summer), with a mean annual rainfall of 1,408 m.
Reconquista was founded on 27 April 1872 as a military fort, established by Colonel Manuel Obligado, in lands formerly belonging to the Jesuit mission ''Reducción San Jerónimo del Rey''. It was declared a city in 1921.

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★ Municipalidad de Reconquista (official website)

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