Gobernador Virasoro Explained

Gobernador Virasoro
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Argentina
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Gobernador Virasoro in Argentina
Coordinates:-28.05°N -58°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Argentina
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Department
Subdivision Name2:Santo Tomé
Leader Party:UCR
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Blanca Pinto
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:2100
Elevation M:127
Population Total:30666
Population As Of:2010 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:ART
Utc Offset1:-3
Postal Code Type:CPA base
Postal Code:W3342
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:+54 3756

Gobernador Virasoro (formally Gobernador Ingeniero Valentín Virasoro) is a city in the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It had about 30,000 inhabitants at the .

The city lies in the north-east of the province, 64 km north from the city of Santo Tomé and 90 km from Posadas, Misiones, on National Route 14. The Iberá Wetlands are located 80 km to the west.

Gobernador Virasoro as such was founded on 23 September 1926. The original settlement, called Villa Vuelta del Ombú since the time the Jesuits established a ranch there, was renamed in homage to Valentín Virasoro, a field engineer who measured terrains and studied the Iberá lagoon and wetlands working for the provincial government.

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