Campana, Buenos Aires

Campana
City and Port
City Hall, Campana
Coat of arms
Nickname:  Mánchester argentina (Argentine Manchester)
Campana Location in Buenos Aires Province
Coordinates: 34°10′S 58°55′W
Country	Argentina
Province	Buenos Aires
Partido	Campana
Founded	July 6, 1885
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (2010 census [INDEC])
• Total	94,333
CPA Base	B 2804
Area code	+54 3489
Climate	Cfa
Website	Official website

Campana is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the seat of the Campana Partido. It is located about 75 km (47 mi) from the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, on the right-hand margin of the Paraná River. Its population is 94,333 inhabitants as per the 2010 census [INDEC].

Campana and Zárate make up an important industrial region. The city is linked to Zárate and the Zárate-Brazo Largo Bridge (and from there to Mesopotamia) by Provincial Route 6. The Pan-American Highway (Route 9) links Campana to Buenos Aires, Rosario, Córdoba and the north of Argentina.

The village of Campana was officially created in 1875. It was on July 6, 1885 that Campana Partido was created as an offshoot of the Exaltación de la Cruz Partido.

Campana has been since late 19th century and to a lesser degree today an important shipyard and port for passengers traveling to the remote Ibicuy Islands of the Paraná Delta.

Japanese automobile manufacturer Honda opened a factory in 2011, where it has built the Honda City and Honda HR-V.

Demographics

Campana has a total of 94,333 inhabitants (INDEC, 2010).

Population origins

Welcome Centre at the Otamendi Natural Reserve, outside Campana.

Most of the city's population consists almost entirely by descendants of Italian and Spanish (mostly Galicians) immigrants, although there are other minorities such as Germans, British, French and Roms. In recent years there has been a slight increase in population from East Asia (China and South Korea) and Latin American countries like Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru.

Sports

Campana is home to Club Villa Dálmine, a football club that plays in Argentina's regionalised 2nd division, and to Puerto Nuevo, an older club that plays in 5th division.

References

• (in Spanish) Municipality of Campana - Official website.
• Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)