Monte Caseros, Corrientes

Monte Caseros
—  City  —
Monte Caseros Location of Monte Caseros in Argentina
Coordinates: 30°15′S 57°39′W / 30.25°S 57.65°W / -30.25; -57.65Coordinates: 30°15′S 57°39′W / 30.25°S 57.65°W / -30.25; -57.65
Country	Argentina
Province	Corrientes
Department	Monte Caseros
Government
– [INTENDENTE]	Eduardo Leonel Galantini (Partido Justicialista)
Population
– Total	24,671
Time zone	ART (UTC-3)
CPA base	W3220
Dialing code	+54 3775

Monte Caseros is a city in the south-east of the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It has about 25,000 inhabitants as of the 2001 census [INDEC]. It is the head town of the department of the same name, which comprises also the municipalities of Colonia Libertad, Juan Pujol and Mocoretá.

The city lies on the west bank of the Uruguay River, opposite Bella Unión, Uruguay, about 440 km east-southeast of the provincial capital (Corrientes) and 640 km north of Buenos Aires.

References

• Municipality of Monte Caseros - Official website.
• Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (Spanish)

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