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The population was gradually formed with the arrival of its founding in 1873, including settler families with some
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The official plotting town there was dated July 1925, made by the engineer Juan C. Kuriger. After the number of people grew and the population expanded, there were several facts that contributed to progress. These included the navigation of streams to connect to the Paraná. Communicating this way
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Romang has a humid (> 0.65 p/pet) climate. Its lands are uncultivated, with most of its natural vegetation intact. Most of the land is covered either in vegetation or cropland. The climate is a humid subtropical one, meaning there is a hot summer but no dry season, with a
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Wingeyer was presented to the provincial government and states with the hope that it would be a large scale farm. It is on public land that exists in the field of
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