Yapeyú
Yapeyú is a town in the province of Corrientes, Argentina, in the San Martín Department. It has about 2,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census, and it is known throughout the country because it was the birthplace of General José de San Martín, hero of the War of Independence.- Type: Village with 1,740 residents
- Description: town in Corrientes Province, Argentina
- Also known as: “San Martin”, “Yapeyu”, “Yapeyú, Corrientes”, and “ヤペユー”
Yapeyú
- Categories: locality, municipality, and heritage
- Location: Paso de los Libres, Corrientes, Mesopotamia, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-29.46669° or 29° 28′ 0″ south
Longitude
-56.81641° or 56° 48′ 59″ west
Population
1,740
Elevation
64 metres (210 feet)
Open location code
5825G5MM+8C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Yapeyú” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Yapeyú”
- Belarusian: “Япею”
- Catalan: “Yapeyú”
- Cebuano: “Yapeyú (lungsod sa Argentina)”
- Cebuano: “Yapeyú”
- Danish: “Yapeyú”
- Dutch: “Yapeyú”
- Esperanto: “Yapeyú”
- French: “Yapeyú”
- German: “Yapeyú”
- Italian: “Yapeyú”
- Macedonian: “Јапеју”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Yapeyú”
- Persian: “یاپایو (کورینتس)”
- Persian: “یاپایو”
- Polish: “Yapeyú”
- Portuguese: “Yapeyú”
- Slovak: “Yapeyú”
- Slovenian: “Yapeyú”
- Spanish: “Yapeyú”
- Swedish: “Yapeyú (ort i Argentina)”
- Swedish: “Yapeyú”
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Places to explore: Passo do Aferidor and São Marcos.
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Highlights: Bomberos Voluntarios de Yapeyú and Hospital Daniel Vergara.
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