Place:Colón, Entre Ríos, Argentina

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NameColón
Alt namesColónsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCity
Coordinates32.167°S 58.267°W
Located inEntre Ríos, Argentina
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Colón is a city in the . It is located in the east of the province, on the western shore of the Uruguay River, and has about 23,000 inhabitants. It lies opposite Paysandú, Uruguay, to which it is linked across the river by the General Artigas Bridge.

The city was founded in 1863 by General Justo José de Urquiza, former caudillo of Entre Ríos and then the first constitutional President of Argentina.

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