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ENTRE RIOS (Span. " between See also:rivers ")
, a See also:province of the eastern See also:Argentine See also:Republic, forming the sourthern See also:part of a region sometimes described as the Argentine See also:Mesopotamia, bounded N. by See also:Corrientes, E. by See also:Uruguay with the Uruguay See also:river as the boundary See also:line, S. by Buenos Aires and W. by See also:Santa Fe, the See also:Parana river forming the boundary line with these two provinces
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Pop
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(1895) 292,019; (1905, est.) 376,600
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The province has an See also:area of 28,784 sq. m., consisting for the most part of an undulating, well-watered and partly-wooded See also:plain, terminating in a See also:low, swampy See also:district of limited extent in the See also:angle between the two See also:great See also:rivers
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The great See also:forest of See also:Monteil occupies an extensive region in the N., estimated at nearly one-fifth the area of the province
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Its See also:soil is exceptionally fertile and its See also:climate is mild and healthy
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The province is sometimes called the " See also:garden of See also:Argentina," which would probably be sufficiently correct had its See also:population devoted as much See also:energy to See also:agriculture as they have to See also:political conflict and See also:civil See also:war
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Its See also:principal See also:industry is that of stock-raising, exporting live See also:cattle, horses, hides, jerked See also:beef, tinned and salted meats, beef See also:extract, mutton and See also:wool
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Its agricultural products are also.important, including See also:wheat, See also:Indian See also:corn, See also:barley and fruits
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See also:Lime, See also:gypsum and firewood are also profitable items in its export See also:trade
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The Parana and Uruguay rivers provide exceptional facilities for the shipment of produce and the Entre Rios See also:railways, consisting of a See also:trunk line See also:running E. and W. across the province from Parana to See also:Concepcion del Uruguay and several tributary branches, afford ample transportation facilities to the ports
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Another railway line follows the Uruguay from See also:Concordia See also:north-See also: Entre Rios has been one of the most turbulent of the Argentine provinces, and has suffered severely from political disorder and civil war . See also:Comparative quiet reigned from 1842 to 1870 under the autocratic See also:rule of Gen . J . J . Urquiza . After his assassination in 187o these partizan conflicts were renewed for two or three years, and then the province settled down to a See also:life of comparative See also:peace, followed by an extraordinary development in her See also:pastoral and agricultural See also:industries . Among these is the slaughtering and packing of beef, the exportation of which has reached large proportions . The See also:capital is Parana, though the seat of See also:government was originally located at Concepcion del Uruguay, and was again transferred to that See also:town during Urquiza's domination . Concepcion del Uruguay, or Concepcion (founded 1778), is a flourishing town and See also:port on the Uruguay, connected by railway with an extensive producing region which gives it an important export trade, and is the seat of a See also:national See also:college and normal school . Its population was estimated at 9000 in 1905 . Other large towns are See also:Gualeguay and See also:Gualeguaychu . |
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