'Zárate' is a city in the northeast of the . It lies on the western shore of the
Paraná River, some 90 km from
Buenos Aires. Its population as per the is 101,271 inhabitants. It is the head town and the only city in the ''
partido'' of the same name.
Zárate and
Campana are main points of an important industrial region. The city is located at one end of the
Zárate-Brazo Largo Bridge, which joins Buenos Aires with the province of
Entre Ríos and allows communication with the
Argentine Mesopotamia and from there to
Brazil and
Uruguay.
The city was founded on
1854-03-19.
References
''In Spanish.''
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Municipality of Zárate - Official website
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