Place:Zárate, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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NameZárate
Alt namesGeneral J.F. Uriburusource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 1372
General Uriburusource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) XII, 899
Rincón de Záratesource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) XII, 899
Záratesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCity
Coordinates34.117°S 59°W
Located inBuenos Aires, Argentina     (1825 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Zárate is a port city in the northeast of the . It lies on the western shore of the Paraná River, from Buenos Aires. Its population as per the is 101,271 inhabitants. It is the headquarters for and the only city in the partido of the same name.

Zárate and Campana are main points of an important industrial region. The city is located at one end of the Zárate-Brazo Largo Bridge, which joins Buenos Aires with the province of Entre Ríos and allows communication with the Argentine Mesopotamia and from there to Brazil and Uruguay.

The city was founded on March 19, 1854.

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