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Villaguay
South America is thefourth 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. At its broadest point, near where it is crossed by the equator, the continent extends to 5,300 kilometers from east to west.
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.
Villaguay is a municipality in the province of Entre Rios in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It has about 32,000 inhabitants according to the 2001 poll and is the head town of the department of the same name. The city lies near the geographic center of the province, east of the Gualeguay River, on National Route 18 which links it to Parana, the provincial capital, located 155 kilometers to the west, and to Concordia, 120 kilometers east. The area is serviced by an airport as well.
The earliest records of European settlement date to 1790. In the nineteenth century, Spanish, Jewish, French, Italian, Volga German and Belgian communities were established in the area. Villaguay is the kind of town you daydream about. It is a city with endless recreational opportunities, rich history, and modern day luxuries.
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