Posadas, Misiones
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| (From top to bottom; from left to right) Panoramic view of the city; San Roque Bridge; Misiones Government House; Posadas Plaza Shopping and Monument to Malvinas.
(From top to bottom; from left to right) Panoramic view of the city; San Roque Bridge; Misiones Government House; Posadas Plaza Shopping and Monument to Malvinas.
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| Country | Argentina | |
| Province | Misiones | |
| Department | Capital | |
| Founded | 1615 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Orlando Franco (Frente Renovador) | |
| Elevation | 120 m (390 ft) | |
| Population (2012) | ||
| • Total | 344,833 | |
| Time zone | ART (UTC−3) | |
| CPA base | N3300 | |
| Dialing code | +54 376 | |
| Website | Official website | |
Posadas (Spanish pronunciation: [poˈsaðas]) is the capital city of the Argentine province of Misiones, located at the south of the province, on the left-hand (eastern) shore of the Paraná River, opposite Encarnación, Paraguay. The city has an area of 965 km² and a population of 324,756, and the Greater Posadas area has a population of over 351,000 (2010 census [INDEC]).
Posadas is the provincial centre of the government, culture and the economy. Furniture, tobacco, food, textile, and construction are its most important industries. Other important economical activities are commerce and services.
Posadas is connected to the Paraguayan city of Encarnación by the San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge. The port, once of great economical importance, is used for sport vessels, carrier of passengers and some boats for sand transport. The city is located on National Route 12, some 1,300 kilometres from Buenos Aires. The General José de San Martín Airport (IATA: PSS, ICAO: SARP), at coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., is 7 kilometres from the city, and serves regular flights to Buenos Aires.
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History
Father Roque González de Santa Cruz established a town called Anunciación de Itapúa on March 25, 1615, but ten years later the settlement was moved to the other side of the Paraná River to the present location of Encarnación, Paraguay.
The first settlement was not completely abandoned, and a new San José reduction was settled there in 1628. In 1867, during the Paraguayan War, the Brazilians set up the Trinchera de San José military base there. Following the end of the war, Paraguay renounced all claims to the area, and in 1879, the town was renamed after Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, the Supreme Director of the Argentine Confederation (1814).
On December 22, 1881, the limits of the Misiones Federation were drawn, leaving Posadas within the territory of current Corrientes Province. On July 30, 1884 the National Congress decided to give Posadas to Misiones Province, and name it its capital. The National University of Misiones was established at Posadas in 1973, and in 1990, the city's cultural and economic links to Encarnación were strengthened with the completion of the San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge.
Climate
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Posadas has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Summers are hot and humid with lows around 21 °C (69.8 °F), highs around 31.5 °C (88.7 °F), daily mean 26.0 °C (78.8 °F), and frequent thunderstorms. Winters are warm with lows around 12 °C (53.6 °F) and highs around 22.5 °C (72.5 °F), daily mean 17 °C (62.6 °F) . The highest temperature ever recorded was 42.1 °C (107.8 °F) and the coldest was −2.8 °C (27.0 °F).[1]
| Climate data for Posadas Airport (1961–1990, extremes 1970–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 41.2 (106.2) |
39.8 (103.6) |
39.5 (103.1) |
36.2 (97.2) |
34.0 (93.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
33.0 (91.4) |
34.8 (94.6) |
37.2 (99) |
38.3 (100.9) |
41.7 (107.1) |
42.1 (107.8) |
42.1 (107.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 32.7 (90.9) |
32.0 (89.6) |
30.7 (87.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
24.2 (75.6) |
21.6 (70.9) |
22.2 (72) |
23.6 (74.5) |
25.0 (77) |
28.1 (82.6) |
29.8 (85.6) |
32.1 (89.8) |
27.4 (81.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.4 (79.5) |
25.9 (78.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
15.9 (60.6) |
16.2 (61.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
25.7 (78.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 21.1 (70) |
20.9 (69.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
16.2 (61.2) |
13.5 (56.3) |
11.2 (52.2) |
11.4 (52.5) |
12.3 (54.1) |
13.6 (56.5) |
15.9 (60.6) |
17.9 (64.2) |
20.0 (68) |
16.1 (61) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
8.5 (47.3) |
5.0 (41) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−2.8 (27) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
1.3 (34.3) |
5.4 (41.7) |
6.9 (44.4) |
9.6 (49.3) |
−2.8 (27) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 156.4 (6.157) |
157.3 (6.193) |
142.5 (5.61) |
154.8 (6.094) |
140.5 (5.531) |
131.6 (5.181) |
103.6 (4.079) |
111.9 (4.406) |
141.0 (5.551) |
177.7 (6.996) |
156.5 (6.161) |
150.9 (5.941) |
1,724.7 (67.902) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 113 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 71 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 74 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 248.0 | 214.7 | 170.5 | 195.0 | 186.0 | 144.0 | 158.1 | 161.2 | 111.0 | 201.5 | 219.0 | 232.5 | 2,241.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 59 | 58 | 45 | 57 | 55 | 46 | 48 | 46 | 31 | 50 | 54 | 54 | 50.3 |
| Source #1: NOAA,[2] Oficina de Riesgo Agropecuario (record highs and lows)[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (precipitation days),[4] UNLP (sun only)[5] | |||||||||||||
Celebrities born in Posadas
- José Acasuso, tennis player
- Alberto Mancini, tennis player
- Daniel Vancsik, golf player
- Mariano Messera, soccer player
- Jorge Daniel Czajkowski, architect, author, researcher and educator.
Sister cities
References
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External links
- (Spanish) Municipality of Posadas - Official website.
- (Spanish) Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (Spanish)
- (Spanish) Universidad Nacional de Misiones
- Posadas Information
