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SAN NICOLAS DE LOS ARROYOS

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 154 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SAN See also:NICOLAS DE LOS ARROYOS , a See also:town and See also:river See also:port of See also:Argentina, in the See also:province of Buenos Aires, on the W. See also:bank of the See also:Parana, 150 M. by See also:rail N.W. of the See also:city of Buenos Aires. Pop. (1904, estimate), 18,000. It is a flourishing commercial town, and a port of See also:call both for river and ocean-going steamers of See also:medium See also:tonnage. It is a station on the Buenos Aires & See also:Rosario, and the See also:terminus of a See also:branch from Pergamino of the Central See also:Argentine railway, and exports See also:wheat, See also:flour, See also:wool and frozen mutton. The town is the judicial centre for the See also:northern See also:district of Buenos Aires. San Nicolas was founded in 1749 by Jose de Aguillar on lands given for that purpose by his wife (nee Ugarte). Its growth was very slow until near the end of the 19th See also:century.

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