# Barranqueras

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| subdivision_name2       = [San Fernando](/source/San_Fernando_Department)
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'''Barranqueras''' is a city in the southeast of the [province](/source/provinces_of_Argentina) of [Chaco](/source/Chaco_Province), Argentina, on a small tributary [river](/source/river) on the right-hand-side (western) shore of the [Paraná River](/source/Paran%C3%A1_River), only 7&nbsp;km from the provincial capital [Resistencia](/source/Resistencia%2C_Chaco) and within its [metropolitan area](/source/metropolitan_area). It has over 50,000 inhabitants according to the {{census-ar|2001}}, being the third most populated city in the province.

Barranqueras is located in a commercial node of the [Mercosur](/source/Mercosur), and has a [port](/source/port) on Kilometer 1,198 of the [Paraná](/source/Paran%C3%A1_River), managed by the provincial state since 1991.

[Alicia Azula](/source/Alicia_Azula) was elected Mayor of Barranqueras in 2003 and she was re-elected twice more.<ref>[http://www.datachaco.com/noticias/view/57587 Alicia Azula retuvo la intendencia de Barranqueras] {{in lang|es}}</ref><ref>[http://www.corrientesaldia.info/102902 Confirmadas por el escrutinio definitivo] {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==References==
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* {{ar-mi-muni|CHA002}}
* [''Barranqueras''](/source/%3Aes%3ABarranqueras) in the [Spanish Wikipedia](/source/%3Aes%3A)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060512070600/http://www.puertosdeargentina.com.ar/Rioparana/barranqueras.htm Puertos de Argentina]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060429210414/http://usuarios.advance.com.ar/puertobqras/ Puerto Barranqueras]

Category:Paraná River
Category:Cities in Chaco Province
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