Bovril, Argentina Explained

Official Name:Bovril
Settlement Type:Municipality and village
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Argentina
Subdivision Name1:Entre Ríos
Subdivision Type2:Department
Subdivision Name2:La Paz
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1913
Population As Of:2001
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Note:Municipality
Population Total:7,977
Timezone:ART
Utc Offset:-3
Elevation M:80
Postal Code:E3142
Website:http://www.bovril.gob.ar

Bovril is a village and municipality in La Paz Department in the north-west of Entre Ríos Province in north-eastern Argentina.[2]

The locality is connected by 6 km of paved road with National Route 127. It was formerly served by a railway station,, on the General Urquiza Railway network.

History

The planned village, "Colonia y Pueblo Bovril", was founded in 1913 by the Bovril Company, British makers of the beef extract Bovril, to accommodate workers at the meat processing plant at Santa Elena and on the railway.[3] The company owned large tracts of cattle-rearing land in the area until 1973.[4] [5] Substantial numbers of Volga Germans settled in the area.[6] The municipality of Bovril was constituted in 1951.

Festivals

The annual Fiesta Nacional del Gurí Entrerriano is attended by boys from all over Entre Ríos province, who take part in artistic activities, folk dance and sporting contests.[7]

The Festival Montielero, founded in 2004, features Indigenous culture.

Notable people from Bovril

References

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.indec.gov.ar/micro_sitios/webcenso/censo2001s2_2/datos/30000mc117.xls Census table 11.7: province of Entre Rios by municipality
  2. Web site: INFORME EJECUTIVO 2015. PROVINCIA DE ENTRE RIOS Ministerio de Economía, Hacienda y Finanzas. 30 March 2018. 6.
  3. News: Where’s the beef?. Financial Times. September 28, 2012.
  4. Web site: Bovril Co. Grace's Guide. 30 March 2018.
  5. Web site: Farrell. Thomas. The meat of the issue: Bovril. Let's Look Again. 5 November 2014.
  6. Web site: Migration. vgi.fairfield.edu. Volga German Institute, Fairfield University. 30 March 2018.
  7. News: La Fiesta del Gurí Entrerriano de Bovril fue declarada "Nacional". Radio Nacional. 30 October 2016. es-ES.
  8. Book: James W. McGuire. Peronism Without Perón: Unions, Parties, and Democracy in Argentina. 1999. Stanford University Press. 978-0-8047-3655-8. 82.