Map of Uruguay, showing Fray Bentos as well as Montevideo

Fray Bentos is a town in western Uruguay, close to the border with Argentina, and about 160 km (100 mi) due north of Buenos Aires. Image File history File links Mapa de Uruguay. ... Image File history File links Mapa de Uruguay. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Buenos Aires (English: Fair Winds; originally Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires, City of the Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, and one of...

It has a population of 22,600 (1996). It is a port on the Uruguay River and is the capital of the Río Negro Department. Historically, its main industry has been meat processing. The beef plant there closed in 1979 after 117 years in operation. A local history museum opened on the site in March 2005. The town was originally founded in 1859 as 'Independencia'. Its current name is derived from a reclusive priest. Sunset in the Uruguay River Map of the Uruguay River The Uruguay River (in Spanish, Río Uruguay, pronounced ) is a river in South America. ... The Río Negro Department is a department located in the western part of Uruguay. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Botnia S.A., a subsidiary of Finnish corporation Botnia, is currently building a large cellulose factory in Fray Bentos to produce bleached eucalyptus pulp. The investment in the project is about 1 billion USD and the factory will directly or indirectly employ more than 8,000 people. The project, however, is not without opponents. On 30 April 2005 about 40,000 Argentinians from Entre Ríos, along with environmental groups from both countries, blocked an international bridge and demanded the Argentine government to intercede before the Uruguayan one to stop the building of the factory, claiming it will gravely pollute the Uruguay River. On 20 December 2005 a World Bank study concluded that the factory would not have a negative impact on the environment or tourism in either country. As of April 2006 the conflict has not ended, but has indeed escalated into a diplomatic crisis (see Cellulose plant conflict between Argentina and Uruguay). Cellulose as polymer of β-D-glucose Cellulose in 3D Cellulose (C6H10O5)n is a long-chain polymeric polysaccharide carbohydrate, of beta-glucose. ... Species About 700; see the List of Eucalyptus species Wikispecies has information related to: Eucalyptus hello gemma ere wuu2????Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of trees (rarely shrubs), the members of which dominate the tree flora of Australia. ... This article is about general United States currency. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Entre Ríos is a province of Argentina, it lays and borders north of Buenos Aires Province, south of Corrientes Province, east of Santa Fe Province, and west of Uruguay. ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Logo of the World Bank The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, in Romance languages: BIRD), better known as the World Bank, is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by WWII. Now, its mission has expanded to fight poverty by means... The cellulose plant conflict between Argentina and Uruguay is an ongoing conflict between private people, organizations and the governments of these two South American countries rooted at the construction of cellulose processing plants on the Uruguay River. ...

Fray Bentos is also the original location of the main processing factory for the Liebig Extract of Meat Company. This led to their labelling of their pie range in the United Kingdom as Fray Bentos Pies. French Advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat, circa 1900 Italian Advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat, circa 1900 The Liebig Extract of Meat Company (Lemco) was the originator of Liebig and Oxo meat extracts and later Oxo beef stock cubes. ... This article is about the baked good, for other uses see Pie (disambiguation). ...

External links

• Botnia: Uruguay project
• Clarín, 30 April 2005. Multitudinaria protesta en Entre Ríos contra la instalación de papeleras (in Spanish)
• UN News Centre, 20 December 2005 Banco Mundial asegura que plantas de celulosa en Uruguay no afectaran medio ambiente (in Spanish)