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Zárate, Zrate-Brazo Largo Bridge spanning the Paran de las Palmas River, Arg. [Credit: Claudio Elias]city, northeastern Buenos Aires provincia (province), eastern Argentina. It is located on the Paraná de las Palmas River, a channel of the lower Paraná River delta emptying into the Río de la Plata estuary northwest of Buenos Aires. Founded in 1825 as Rincón de Zárate, the settlement was given city status in 1909. From 1932 to 1946 it was known as General Uriburu. Although wheat, alfalfa, flax, and potatoes are cultivated and livestock are raised in the hinterland, Zárate is primarily a manufacturing and transportation centre, with meat-packing plants, paper mills, and dairies. A 20-mile (33-km)-long system of bridges, ... (100 of 179 words)

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