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Formosa (city)

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Formosa

Capital of the province of the same name in the northeast of Argentina, on the right bank of the River Paraguay; population (1996) 153,855. The city is situated 1,440 km/ 900 mi north of Buenos Aires on level swampland, and is the sole trading centre and river port of the province.

Formosa is known for the annual week-long Fiesta del Río, which features an impressive nocturnal religious procession in which 150 boats from Corrientes sail up the River Paraguay.
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