Santa Lucía, Corrientes Explained

Santa Lucía
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Argentina
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Santa Lucía in Argentina
Coordinates:-28.9833°N -65°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Argentina
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Department
Subdivision Name2:Lavalle
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:35
Population Total:11589
Population As Of:2010 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:ART
Utc Offset1:-3
Postal Code Type:CPA base
Postal Code:W3440
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:+54 3777

Santa Lucía is a city in the province of Corrientes, Argentina. It has 11,589 inhabitants as per the . It lies on the western shore of the Santa Lucía River, between this river and the nearby Paraná, about 20 km northeast from the city of Goya and 170 km south from the provincial capital Corrientes.

The city hosts a National Horticulture Festival every year during the first half of November.

Indigenous languages

The following language names are reported by Čestmír Loukotka (1968) as extinct unclassified languages of the Santa Lucía Mission.[1]

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Loukotka, Čestmír . Čestmír Loukotka

    . Čestmír Loukotka . Classification of South American Indian languages . registration . UCLA Latin American Center . 1968 . Los Angeles.