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agcataratas de iguazu
History
In 1542, while on a voyage from the Atlantic Ocean to Asuncion, Paraguay, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca saw the amazing waterfalls of the Iguazu River and named it "jumps the Santa Maria ', a name that eventually was replaced by his primitive Guarani name Iguazu (old spelling of yguasu 'large amount of water', y 'water' and wolves 'large').
At that time the regionwas inhabited by indigenous ethnic mbyá-Guarani, who around 1609 began to live the evangelical process led by the Jesuit priests of the Society of Jesus, who developed in the region a unique Latin America: the formation of a reduction system that once numbered 30 villages distributed in the regions of Tapé and La Guayra (now southern Brazil and Paraguay, Argentina throughout the province of Misionesand Corrientes in northern part).
By political and economic relations with the Crown of Spain, the Jesuits were expelled from the region in 1768. The area of ​​the falls and went into oblivion until June 1881, shortly before the federalization of Misiones, when the province of Corrientes, which exercised jurisdiction, sell 50 square leagues of land on the rivers Parana and Iguazu Uruguaí toSevero Fernandez and Ernesto Arnadey. These transfer their rights in October of that year to Rafael Gallino who returns to alienate for Gregorio Lezama.
In December 1881 Current separates from Mission and in 1882 assumed the first governor Rudecindo Rock that divides the territory into five departments. One of his commanders, Francisco Cruz, reaches the confluence of the Parana and Iguazu Rivercarrying a German scientific commission that seeks to colonize land. This expedition was funded by Ledesma (landowner Iguaçu) and directed by Carlos Bossetti browser. Among the expedition was also Jordan Hummell, who years later organized the first tourist trip to Niagara. So the falls are "discovered" again and again to be admired.
In 1888, Gregorio Lezama sells "land Falls' Erracaborde Martin Co..In 1902, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Argentina, commissioned the landscape architect Carlos Thays, a study of the falls, which was the basis for the creation of Iguazu National Park in 1934, which has 67,620 hectares of selva.2
The September 20, 1895, Governor Balestra divided the province into 14 departments. Iguazu department becomes part of the department along with Manuel BelgranoFrontier, Eldorado and part of San Pedro.
On July 19, 1897, is designated justice of the peace of the emerging population of Iguazú Alberto Mugica. By then, Jordan Hummell, accompanied by Messrs. Nunez and Gibaja had already made a new incursion to Niagara Falls, but the Brazilian side, as the Argentine side the forest was impenetrable. That trip led the government interest in promoting touristarrivals.
One of the seven natural wonders of the world
On November 11, 2011, Niagara Falls were selected provisionally as one of the "Seven Natural Wonders of the world" .4 The February 22, 2011 the foundation New7Wonder finally confirmed that these cataracts are officially one of the "Seven Natural Wonders the world ".5.
More than one billion people around the world voted to select the SevenWonders. They did the Internet by text message. "These wonders wonders survive all that exist and will exist because they are wonders of nature," said Brazilian Ambassador Enio Cordeiro.
To get to be among the Seven Wonders, Niagara had to leave behind a 440 attractions in 220 countries.
"Our view of Iguazu as one of the 7 wonders of nature is the promotion of the Falls through a form of tourismthat makes a minimal impact on the environment, while helping to create quality jobs for local people "said Bernard Weber, who thanked the voters, the Committee Support Officers, and the governments of Argentina and Brazil for their commitment to the success of the campaign
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