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Bonpland, Corrientes

Coordinates: 29°49′3″S 57°25′40″W / 29.81750°S 57.42778°W / -29.81750; -57.42778
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Bonpland
Municipality and town
Bonpland is located in Argentina
Bonpland
Bonpland
Location of Bonpland in Argentina
Coordinates: 29°49′3″S 57°25′40″W / 29.81750°S 57.42778°W / -29.81750; -57.42778
Country Argentina
ProvinceCorrientes
DepartmentPaso de los Libres
Population
 (2001)
 • Total1,063
Time zoneUTC−3 (ART)

Bonpland is a small town and municipality in Paso de los Libres Department, Corrientes Province, Argentina. According to the 2001 population census conducted by INDEC its population was 1063 inhabitants. It lies on National Route 14, about 11 kilometres from the right bank of the Uruguay River.

It was originally called Santa Ana, but on May 10, 1858, was renamed in honor of the French naturalist Aimé Bonpland whose body rests in a mausoleum in the Cemetery of the Holy Cross of Paso de los Libres. Its main economic activity is livestock and forestry, and rice farming. The town currently has an emergency hospital, an OFIN registrar, a secondary school, a primary school and one police station.

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