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.