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Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country :
| Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,224 km, Chile 5,150 km, Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 579 km .
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| Land Boudaries Total :
| 9,665 km .
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| Geographic Coordinates :
| mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest .
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| Area Total :
| 2,766,890 sq km .
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| Area Land :
| 2,736,690 sq km .
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| Area Water :
| 30,200 sq km .
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| Area Comparative :
| slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US .
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| Coast Line :
| 4,989 km .
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| Railways Total :
| 34,091 km (167 km electrified) .
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| Highways Total :
| 215,471 km .
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| Waterways :
| 11,000 km (2004) .
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| Ports and Harbors :
| Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Comodoro Rivadavia, Concepcion del Uruguay, La Plata, Mar del Plata, Necochea, Rio Gallegos, Rosario, Santa Fe, Ushuaia .
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Formosa is the capital city of the Argentine province of Formosa, located at coordinates 26°12? S 58°12? W on the banks of the Paraguay River. The city has an area of 6,195 km˛ and a population of 209,787 (2001).
Information about the City
The city is located on the Ruta Nacional #11 ("National Rout #11"), some 1,200 kilometres from Buenos Aires. The Formosa Airport El Pucú (IATA FMA) is located at coordinates 26° 12? 04? S, 58° 13? 09? W, 7 kilometres south of the city, serves charter flights, and regular flights to Buenos Aires. The climate is humid sub-tropical, with average temperatures of 22°C to 33°C in summer, and 12°C to 23°C in winter, with no dry season.
Formosa is the hub of the provincial industrial, that processes the product of the natural resources of the province. The port that serves the Paraguay towards the Paraná River is the main transport mean for the provincial production.
Notable sights of the city include the Nuestra Se?ora del Carmen Cathedral, the Government House, the Torelli Botanic Forest Garden, the Provincial History Museum (Museo Histórico Provincial), the Estadio Centenario ("Centenary Stadium") football stadium, the Guaicole fauna reserve, the shore of the Paraguay River, the Isla de Oro Island, and the Central Square named after José de San Martín.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
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