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Posadas

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Posadas, Argentina, Spain Argentina: established as a Paraguayan port and trading post on the left bank of the Paraná River (now in Argentina) known as Trinchera de los Paraguayos ‘Trench of the Paraguayans’ from the Spanish trinchera ‘trench’. It was renamed Trinchera de San José ‘St Joseph's Trench’ in 1869 and then ten years later after the Argentinian national hero, Gervasio Antonio Posada (1757–1833).

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Posadas

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Posadas , city (1991 pop. 211,297), capital of Misiones prov., NE Argentina, a port on the upper Paraná River. Its industries include woodworking and metallurgy. It is a point of departure for visits to Iguaçu Falls and to the nearby ruins of 17th-century Jesuit missions. The city was settled in 1849.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Grupo Posadas Hotel Co. plans to double size in next five years. Business Wire; 6/14/1995
	LAS POSADAS.(La Voz) Newspaper article from: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM); 12/23/2004
	Grupo Posadas to Launch Loyalty Marketing Service Bureau in Mexico; Agreement... Business Wire; 3/6/2003