Reconquista, Santa Fe

Reconquista
City
Reconquista Cathedral
Reconquista Cathedral
Flag of Reconquista
Flag
Reconquista is located in Argentina
Reconquista
Reconquista
Location of Reconquista in Argentina
Coordinates: 29°14′S 59°56′W / 29.233°S 59.933°W / -29.233; -59.933
Country Argentina
Province Santa Fe
DepartmentGeneral Obligado
Founded1872
Government
 • MayorAmadeo E. Vallejos (FPV)
Area
 • Total
537 km2 (207 sq mi)
Elevation
46 m (151 ft)
Population
 (2010 census)
 • Total
99,288
 • Density180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-3 (ART)
CPA base
S3560
Dialing code+54 3482
WebsiteOfficial website

Reconquista is a city in the north of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, 327 km (203 mi) from the provincial capital. It is the head town of the General Obligado Department, and it has 99,288 inhabitants according to the 2010 census [INDEC].

The city lies on a branch of the Paraná River opposite the city of Goya, Corrientes. As of 2005, the construction of a road link between the two cities is under study; at present there is no way to cross the multiple minor branches, streams and wetlands except by boat.

Reconquista was founded on 27 April 1872 as a military fort, established by Colonel Manuel Obligado, in lands formerly belonging to the Jesuit mission Reducción San Jerónimo del Rey. It was declared a city in 1921.

Climate

The climate of the region is wet subtropical (average 14 °C (57 °F) in winter, 26 °C (79 °F) in summer), with a mean annual rainfall of 1,290 mm (51 in).

Climate data for Reconquista, Santa Fe (1991–2020, extremes 1961–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 43.9
(111.0) 		42.3
(108.1) 		40.5
(104.9) 		37.0
(98.6) 		34.8
(94.6) 		32.3
(90.1) 		34.2
(93.6) 		38.4
(101.1) 		42.5
(108.5) 		41.2
(106.2) 		45.2
(113.4) 		42.7
(108.9) 		45.2
(113.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 32.4
(90.3) 		31.2
(88.2) 		29.4
(84.9) 		26.0
(78.8) 		22.2
(72.0) 		19.9
(67.8) 		19.7
(67.5) 		22.7
(72.9) 		24.4
(75.9) 		26.8
(80.2) 		29.0
(84.2) 		31.1
(88.0) 		26.2
(79.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.4
(79.5) 		25.3
(77.5) 		23.6
(74.5) 		20.4
(68.7) 		16.9
(62.4) 		14.4
(57.9) 		13.5
(56.3) 		15.6
(60.1) 		17.7
(63.9) 		20.8
(69.4) 		23.0
(73.4) 		25.2
(77.4) 		20.2
(68.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 21.0
(69.8) 		20.4
(68.7) 		18.8
(65.8) 		15.8
(60.4) 		12.6
(54.7) 		10.1
(50.2) 		8.7
(47.7) 		10.0
(50.0) 		12.1
(53.8) 		15.4
(59.7) 		17.4
(63.3) 		19.7
(67.5) 		15.2
(59.4)
Record low °C (°F) 9.3
(48.7) 		9.0
(48.2) 		6.2
(43.2) 		2.8
(37.0) 		−2.6
(27.3) 		−3.5
(25.7) 		−6.0
(21.2) 		−4.3
(24.3) 		−0.6
(30.9) 		3.3
(37.9) 		5.8
(42.4) 		6.4
(43.5) 		−6.0
(21.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 150.9
(5.94) 		150.9
(5.94) 		138.4
(5.45) 		141.5
(5.57) 		75.0
(2.95) 		34.8
(1.37) 		24.1
(0.95) 		36.2
(1.43) 		45.5
(1.79) 		108.9
(4.29) 		156.8
(6.17) 		162.8
(6.41) 		1,225.8
(48.26)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 8.1 8.3 8.0 8.6 6.4 4.9 4.1 3.8 6.0 9.6 8.9 9.0 85.5
Average relative humidity (%) 70.1 74.1 76.5 79.3 80.8 81.3 76.4 70.3 69.1 71.6 69.0 69.9 74.0
Mean monthly sunshine hours 263.5 237.3 226.3 189.0 173.6 144.0 179.8 201.5 192.0 223.2 258.0 251.1 2,539.3
Mean daily sunshine hours 8.5 8.4 7.3 6.3 5.6 4.8 5.8 6.5 6.4 7.2 8.6 8.1 7.0
Percent possible sunshine 65 65 60 59 58 51 53 58 57 62 63 63 60
Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[1][2][3]
Source 2: NOAA (percent sun 1961–1990)[4]

Transportation

The city is served by commercial airlines using the Reconquista Airport, served, as of 2023, by LADE.

History

Reconquista was natively inhabited by the Abipones people according to accounts from Jesuit Martin Dobrizhoffer.

On November 22, 1872, the Governor Simón de Iriondo by Decree No. 430 authorizing the creation of a town a with the name of Reconquista.[5]

In 1998, there were a high number of leptospirosis cases were detected, coming from the area of Reconquista Central Hospital in Reconquista, Santa Fe province.[6]

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1991-2020" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales – período 1991–2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. 2023. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por Reconquista Aero". Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Reconquista Aero Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  5. ^ "Historia de Reconquista". Reconquista Todos Juntos. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  6. ^ Vanasco NB, Fusco S, Zanuttini JC, Manattini S, Dalla Fontana ML, Prez J, Cerrano D, Sequeira MD. Brote de leptospirosis humana luego de una inundación en Reconquista (Santa Fe), 1998 [Outbreak of human leptospirosis after a flood in Reconquista, Santa Fe, 1998]. Rev Argent Microbiol. 2002 Jul-Sep;34(3):124-31. Spanish. PMID 12415894.
  7. ^ Laura Devetach, Oxford Index, retrieved 6 February 2015



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