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Carmen de Patagones
South America is the fourth largest continent of the Western Hemisphere. It is divided politically into 12 independent countries namely Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela and the overseas department of French Guiana. The continent extends to 7,640 kilometers from Punta Gallinas, Colombia, in the north to Cape Horn, Chile, in the south.
South America is connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama. It is washed on the north by the Caribbean Sea, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Topographically the continent is divided into three sections namely the South American cordillera, the interior lowlands, and the continental shield. Roman Catholicism is the dominant religion and Portuguese and Spanish are the primary languages of the continent.
Carmen de Patagones is one of South America’s most popular destinations, and is well known for the quantity of cultural related attractions and monuments. It is the southernmost city in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina. Geographically, it is located almost 937 kilometers from Buenos Aires, on the north bank of the Negro River, near the Atlantic Ocean. The city is also the capital of the Patagones Partido which is the only administrative division of Buenos Aires that lies within Patagonia.
Carmen de Patagones has numerous memorials in a wide range of styles that include neoclassical, modernist, noucentrista and simply eclectic. These memorials or buildings commonly include the most famous fort from the 19th century which after the May Revolution became a prison for royalists. Later, during the Argentina-Brazil War, Carmen de Patagones became a naval base, since the main safe harbor, the estuary of the Rio de la Plata, had been blocked by Brazilian ships. The Brazilian troops attempted to capture Carmen de Patagones, but they were repelled by the civilians on 7 March 1827. This date is still celebrated with a festival in the city.
Presently, Carmen de Patagones experiences a sharp social, economic and population growth derivative of the strategic position of the locality and the high level of well-being and quality of life that is enjoyed with respect to other places of South America. This fact has consolidated along with other adjacent municipalities, as a great alternative for residence.
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