Paraná is a city in northeastern Argentina, the capital of Entre Ríos Province, and lies on the Paraná River, opposite Santa Fe. It is a river port important for the transshipment of grain, cattle, fish, and lumber from the surrounding region. The principal industries in the city are the manufacture of cement, furniture, and ceramics. Paraná was founded in 1730 and served as the capital of the Argentine Confederation from 1853 to 1862. Population (1991) 207,041. Map of Argentina highlighting the province 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. ... Overlooking the Paraná River from Encarnación, Paraguay. ... Santa Fe, is a city in northeastern Argentina, It is the capital of the Santa Fe Province, near the junction of the Parana and Salado rivers, opposite the city of Parana, to which Santa Fe is linked by a sub-fluvial tunnel inaugurated in 1973. ... Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... Transshipment is the shipment of goods to an intermediate destination, and then from there to yet another destination. ... An assortment of grains The word grain has a great many meanings, most being descriptive of a small piece or particle. ... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ... Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus, the most abundant fish species in the world. ... Lumber is the name used, generally in North America, for wood that has been cut into boards or other shapes for the purpose of woodworking or construction. ... In the general sense, a cement (Latin caementum) is any material with adhesive properties. ... Furniture is the collective term for the movable objects which support the human body (seating furniture and beds), provide storage, and hold objects on horizontal surfaces above the ground. ... The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word Κεραμεικος (the name of a suburb of Athens), and in its strictest sense refers to clay in all its forms. ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births May 13 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. ... Argentina is a Spanish-speaking country in southern South America, situated between the Atlantic Ocean in the east. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1862 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...