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| Cesar Paniamogan, Jr. | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> El Tigre, Argentina | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map |
| El Tigre is a town situated
17 miles north of Greater Buenos Aires. El Tigre lies on the
Paraná Delta and is an important tourist and weekend attraction,
easily reached by bus and train services, including the scenic Tren de
la Costa. It is the principal town of the Tigre Partido. The town sits
on an island created by several small streams and rivers and was
founded in 1820, after floods had destroyed other settlements in the
area, then known as the Partido de las Conchas. The area's name derives
from the “tigres” or jaguars that were hunted there, on occasions, in
its early years. The area was first settled by Europeans who came to
farm the land, and the port developed to serve the Delta and to bring
fruit and wood from the Delta and ports upstream on the Paraná
river. Tigre is still an important timber processing port. The “Puerto
de Frutos” (fruit port) is now a crafts fair located in the old fruit
market by the riverside. The Naval Museum is also nearby. Antiques
shops, riverside restaurants and pubs, the casino and Parque de la
Costa, an amusement park and its renowned natural beauty make Tigre a
popular tourist destination throughout the year. ~Wikipedia |
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