Zárate, Buenos Aires Province

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Zárate


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pushpin_map_caption =Location in Argentina
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ARG
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Buenos Aires
subdivision_type2 = Partido
subdivision_name2 = Zárate
established_title = Founded
established_date = 1854 (Partido)
population_as_of = census-ar|2001
population_total = 86,686
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latd = 34
latm = 05
longd = 59
longm = 02
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elevation_m = 27
postal_code_type = CPA Base
postal_code = 2800
area_code = +54 3487
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Zárate is a city in the northeast of the province|Buenos Aires|Argentina. It lies on the western shore of the Paraná River, convert|90|km|mi|0|lk=on|abbr=on from Buenos Aires. Its population as per the census-ar|2001 is 101,271 inhabitants. It is the head town and the only city in the "partido" of the same name.

Zárate and Campana are main points of an important industrial region. The city is located at one end of the Zárate-Brazo Largo Bridge, which joins Buenos Aires with the province of Entre Ríos and allows communication with the Argentine Mesopotamia and from there to Brazil and Uruguay.

The city was founded on 1854-03-19.

References

"In Spanish."
* [http://www.zarate.gov.ar/index.html Municipality of Zárate] - Official website
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