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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 766 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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city and See also:port of See also:Argentina, See also:capital of the See also:province of Entre Rios, and the see of a bishopric, situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the Parana See also:river, 410 M. by navigable channels (about 240 M. See also:direct) N.W. of Buenos Aires. Pop. (1895), 24,261; (1904, estimate), 27,000. The city occupies a gently See also:rolling site 120 ft. above the river and about 2 M. from its See also:riverside port of Bajada Grande, with which it is connected by railway, See also:tramway and See also:highway. It is classed as a seaport, and ocean-going vessels of not over 12 ft. See also:draught can ascend to Bajada. There is also a daily See also:ferry service across the river to See also:Santa Fe (7 M. distant), which is connected by railway with See also:Rosario and Buenos Aires. Parana is also the western See also:terminus of a provincial railway See also:system, which connects with See also:Concepcion and See also:Concordia, on the See also:Uruguay river, and with other important towns of the province. The mean See also:annual temperature is about 66° F. and the See also:climate is bracing and healthful. Its port of Bajada Grande, on the river See also:shore below the bluffs, has the See also:custom-See also:house and a See also:fine See also:wharf for the See also:accommodation of the Entre Rios railway and river See also:craft. Parana was founded in 1730 by colonists from Santa Fe and was at first known as Bajada (a landing See also:place). It was made the capital of the province by See also:General Mansilla in 1821 (Concepcion had previously been the capital), but in 1861 General Urquiza restored the seat of See also:government to Concepcion, where it remained until 1882, when Parana again became the capital. Parana was also the capital of the _Argentine See also:Confederation from 1852 to 186r.

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