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Lobos
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. 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.
Lobos is a city in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, founded on June 2, 1802 by Jose Salgado. The history of Lobos began in 1740 when a Jesuit mission led by Reverend Father Kalkner, who surveyed the center and South of the Province of Buenos Aires and thus picked up some geographic information of the area. Lobos have a surface of 1,725 square kilometers and bordered to the south by the Rio Salado, which usually becomes the source of recurrent flooding. Lobos city is as well limited by Salgado Channel, which is coming from Rio Salado. The southeastern area of the city is bordered by Muniz Channel. The population of the city was 33,004 as of 2001 and density was 19.0 per square kilometers.
Lobos is mainly known by its lagoon, the areodrome, a museum of sciences, Juan Peron's house, which has been turned into a museum, and several ranches. As far as its history is concerned, Lobos is overly known for being the place of birth of three times President Juan Domingo Peron born in 1895, and it is also the place where the gaucho's legend Juan Moreira found his death in 1874 after struggling with the law. Peron’s original house was restored and turned into a museum where pictures, personal stuff, amid other ancient artifacts of Lobos history.
Lobos, justifiably so, enjoys a very positive reputation with worldwide travelers, and is one of the most visited place. It is also said the place of best geographical environment and can trace its origins back to prehistoric times.
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