Posadas is the capital of the Misiones Province in the northeastern Argentina, yet on the southwest end of the province, some 1300 kilometers from Buenos Aires. Its population, including the surrounding areas, reached 285.000 inhabitants in 2001. Misiones is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia region. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... Buenos Aires (Good Airs in Spanish, originally meaning Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest cities in South America. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
Posadas is named after director of the Argentine Confederacy Gervasio Posadas. Gervasio Antonio de Posadas y Dávila, (Buenos Aires, 18 June 1757 - 2 July 1833) was a member of Argentinas Second triumvirate from 19 August 1813 until 31 January 1814, after which he continued as Supreme Director until 9 January 1815. ...
The province of Misiones, situated in the Mesopotamian region, is bounded by Brazil, on the north, east and south, and by the province of Corrientes and the Republic of Paraguay, on the west.
Misiones, due to its geographic location, is a circulation axle, which enables a fluent integration of goods and population circuits, of both national and international origins.
The economy of Misiones is based on a group of industrial crops (mate, tea, tung, tobacco), the natural and implanted forests (basically coniferae) and the agroindustries associated with these primary productions, such as mate mills, tea and tobacco dryers, manufacture of cellulose and paper, and wood products.
Posadas is the capital city of the Argentine province of Misiones, located at coordinates 27°25′S 55°48′W on the shore of the Paraná River, at the south of the province.
As capital of the province, Posadas is the provincial centres of the government, culture and economy.
Posadas is connected to the Paraguayan city of Encarnación by the San Roque González de Santa Cruz bridge.
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