Campana, Buenos Aires Explained

Official Name:Campana
Nickname:Mánchester argentina (Argentine Manchester)
Settlement Type:City and Port
Pushpin Map:Argentina Buenos Aires Province
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Buenos Aires Province
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Argentina
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Partido
Subdivision Name2:Campana
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:July 6, 1885
Population Total:94,333
Coordinates:-34.1667°N -113°W
Elevation M:20
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cfa
Postal Code Type:CPA Base
Postal Code:B 2804
Area Code:+54 3489

Campana is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the seat of the Campana Partido. It is located about 750NaN0 from the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, on the right-hand margin of the Paraná River. Its population is 94,333 inhabitants as per the .

Campana and Zárate make up an important industrial region. The city is linked to Zárate and the Zárate-Brazo Largo Bridge (and from there to Mesopotamia) by Provincial Route 6. The Pan-American Highway (Route 9) links Campana to Buenos Aires, Rosario, Córdoba and the north of Argentina.

The village of Campana was officially created in 1875. It was on July 6, 1885 that Campana Partido was created as an offshoot of the Exaltación de la Cruz Partido.

Campana has been since late 19th century and to a lesser degree today an important shipyard and port for passengers traveling to the remote Ibicuy Islands of the Paraná Delta.

Japanese automobile manufacturer Honda opened a factory in 2011, where it has built the Honda City and Honda HR-V.

Demographics

Campana has a total of 94,333 inhabitants (INDEC, 2010).[1]

Population origins

Most of the city's population consists almost entirely by descendants of Italian and Spanish (mostly Galicians) immigrants, although there are other minorities such as Germans, British, French and Roms. In recent years there has been a slight increase in population from East Asia (China and South Korea) and Latin American countries like Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru.

Sports

Campana is home to Club Villa Dálmine, a football club that plays in Argentina's regionalised 2nd division,[2] and to Puerto Nuevo, an older club that plays in 5th division.

Notes and References

  1. Argentine Census of 2010
  2. http://www.diariopopular.com.ar/notas/117322-primera-c-villa-dalmine-ascendio-la-b-metropolitana-