Barranqueras

Barranqueras is a city in the southeast of the province of Chaco, Argentina, on a small tributary river on the right-hand-side (western) shore of the Paraná River, only 7 km from the provincial capital Resistencia and within its metropolitan area. It has over 50,000 inhabitants according to the census-ar|2001, being the third most populated city in the province.

Barranqueras is located in a commercial node of the Mercosur, and has a port on Kilometer 1,198 of the Paraná, managed by the provincial state since 1991.

References

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* "Barranqueras" in the Spanish Wikipedia
* [http://www.puertosdeargentina.com.ar/Rioparana/barranqueras.htm Puertos de Argentina]
* [http://usuarios.advance.com.ar/puertobqras/ Puerto Barranqueras]