Bovril, Argentina
Bovril | |
|---|---|
Municipality and village | |
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| Country |  Argentina |
| Province | Entre Ríos |
| Department | La Paz |
| Founded | 1913 |
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
• Total | 7,977 |
| Municipality | |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| Website | http://www.bovril.gob.ar |
Bovril is a village and municipality in La Paz Department in the north-west of Entre Ríos Province in north-eastern Argentina.[2]
The locality is connected by 6 km of paved road with National Route 127. It was formerly served by a railway station, Estación Bovril, on the General Urquiza Railway network.
History
[edit]The planned village, "Colonia y Pueblo Bovril", was founded in 1913 by the Bovril Company, British makers of the beef extract Bovril, to accommodate workers at the meat processing plant at Santa Elena and on the railway.[3] The company owned large tracts of cattle-rearing land in the area until 1973.[4][5] Substantial numbers of Volga Germans settled in the area.[6] The municipality of Bovril was constituted in 1951.
Festivals
[edit]The annual Fiesta Nacional del Gurí Entrerriano is attended by boys from all over Entre Ríos province, who take part in artistic activities, folk dance and sporting contests.[7]
The Festival Montielero, founded in 2004, features Indigenous culture.
Notable people from Bovril
[edit]- Gabriel Graciani, footballer
- Augusto Vandor, trade union leader[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Census table 11.7: province of Entre Rios by municipality, 2001 Census of Argentina
- ^ "INFORME EJECUTIVO 2015" (PDF). PROVINCIA DE ENTRE RIOS Ministerio de Economía, Hacienda y Finanzas. p. 6. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Where's the beef?". Financial Times. September 28, 2012.
- ^ "Bovril Co". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ Farrell, Thomas (5 November 2014). "The meat of the issue: Bovril". Let's Look Again.
- ^ "Migration". vgi.fairfield.edu. Volga German Institute, Fairfield University. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "La Fiesta del Gurí Entrerriano de Bovril fue declarada "Nacional"". Radio Nacional (in European Spanish). 30 October 2016.
- ^ James W. McGuire (1999). Peronism Without Perón: Unions, Parties, and Democracy in Argentina. Stanford University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-8047-3655-8.
31°21′S 59°26′W / 31.350°S 59.433°W
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