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Monte Caseros Department, Corrientes Province, Argentina

Monte Caseros

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Monte Caseros

The municipality of Monte Caseros (26,338 inhabitants in 2010) is located on the border triple point with Brazil (Barra do Quara�) and Uruguay (Bella Uni�n), 400 km south-east of Corrientes.

Monte Caseros was established on 5 October 1829 on river Uruguay, as Paso de los Higos. The place was named for higuer�n, Ficus luschnathiana (Miq.) Miq., a local wild fig tree.
Fixed by the land surveyor Santiago Achinelli, the limits of the town were validated by a Decree adopted on 23 November 1829. A Decree signed on 3 July 1830 by Governor Cabral prescribed that all goods imported from the Eastern Strip should enter the province via Pas de los Higos. During the Franco-English blockade of R�o de la Plata in 1839, Paso de los Higos was the only port where goods and ammunition could transit.
The town was refounded as the capital of a new department, separating from the Curuz� Cuati� Department, on 18 February 1855 by Governor Juan Pujol. The name of the new department recalls the battle of Monte Caseros, fought on 2 February 1852 north-west of Greater Buenos Aires, which ended Juan Manuel Rosas' dictatorship.
http://www.montecaseros.gob.ar - Municipal website

The flag of Monte Caseros is vertically divided celestial blue-white-celestial blue with an emblem in the center. The flag was selected in 1997 in a contest open to the schools of the department. The winning design was proposed by Sofia Cornalo and Florencia Saggini, from School N. 89 "Del Sesquicentenario". The emblem features a map of the department charged with emblematic elements of the town: the Cachuera tower*, carnival, citrus**, railway, and the river.
http://institucionn.webnode.com.ar/premios-obtenidos- - Presentation of the flag by its designers

Other photos
http://escuela89-montecaseros.blogspot.fr/2009/04/entrega-de-la-bandera-de-monte-caseros.html
http://www.montecaserosonline.com/vernota.asp?id_noticia=5431
http://www.montecaserosonline.com/vernota.asp?id_noticia=4409
http://www.montecaserosonline.com/vernota.asp?id_noticia=7567
http://www.montecaserosonline.com/vernota.asp?id_noticia=23401
http://montecaserosonline.com/vernota.asp?id_noticia=22897

*The Cachuera tower (8 m in height and 3 m in diameter) was erected in 1936 in neo-medieval style. The tower was the first water tower in Monte Caseros, named for the Spanish word "cachuera", "a waterfall".
http://www.regionlitoral.net/2015/07/historias-de-monte-caseros-la-torre-de.html

**Citrus are planted on 17,250 ha in the Monte Caseros Department, that is 55% of the total area planted with citrus in the Corrientes Province.

Ivan Sache, 6 May 2017