Victoria (Between Ríos)

Victoria is a city of the south-west of the province Argentine of Between Ríos. It is located on Eastern bank of Río Paraná, opposite Rosario, in province of Santa Fe, to which it is connected since 2003 by the Pont Rosario-Victoria (which extends during not less than 60 km to the top from the easily flooded plain from the Delta from Paraná). Its population was of 28.495 inhabitants in 2001 (the victoriense ).

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The city shelters a Abbaye ( Abadía Los Monjes del Niño Dios ), rested by the monks Bénédictin S which arrived in 1899.

The area of Victoria is the center of the industry of the fishing and the marketing of very important species like the sábalo ( Prochilodus lineatus ) and the Surubí ( Pseudoplatystoma ). It produces 95% of the 27.000 tons annual of sábalo captured in the province. There is some concern concerning the overexploitation of this resource.

Tourism

The city has a superb beach, and the river at this place is ideal for the practice of sports like the Kayak and the Windsurf. The municipality has jurisdiction on 3.700 km ² of islands and small islands on Paraná, which ensures a famous tourist potential to him. Certain fishing zones are reserved for sporting fishing, while others are protected.

Each Victoria year offers one wide season of Carnaval; in 2005, for example, parades and dances took place every weekend from January to the beginning of March.

Since the opening of the large bridge, Victoria knew a tourist multitude increased since Rosario and her area.

References

Turismo Between Ríos (in Spanish)
Between Ríos - Economías regional (in Spanish)

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