Gobernador Virasoro

City in Corrientes, Argentina

28°3′S 56°2′W / 28.050°S 56.033°W / -28.050; -56.033Country

ArgentinaProvince

CorrientesDepartmentSanto ToméGovernment

• MayorBlanca Pinto (UCR)Area

• Total2,100 km² (800 sq mi)Elevation

127 m (417 ft)Population

(2010 census)

• Total30,666 • Density15/km² (38/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−3 (ART)CPA base

W3342

Dialing code+54 3756

Gobernador Virasoro (formally Gobernador Ingeniero Valentín Virasoro) is a city in the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It had about 30,000 inhabitants at the 2010 census [INDEC].

The city lies in the north-east of the province, 64 km north from the city of Santo Tomé and 90 km from Posadas, Misiones, on National Route 14. The Iberá Wetlands are located 80 km to the west.

Gobernador Virasoro as such was founded on 23 September 1926. The original settlement, called Villa Vuelta del Ombú since the time the Jesuits established a ranch there, was renamed in homage to Valentín Virasoro, a field engineer who measured terrains and studied the Iberá lagoon and wetlands working for the provincial government.

References

Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)
VirasoroWeb.com.ar - Portal of the city.