Zarate is a city in the northeast of the . It lies on the western shore of the Parana River, some 90 km from Buenos Aires. Its population as per the is 101,271 inhabitants. It is the head town and the only city in the partido of the same name.
Zarate and Campana are main points of an important industrial region. The city is located at one end of the Zarate-Brazo Largo Bridge, which joins Buenos Aires with the province of Entre Rios and allows communication with the Argentine Mesopotamia and from there to Brazil and Uruguay.
The city was founded on 1854-03-19.
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In Spanish.
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