Villa Regina - Transfer & Transportation Guides

City in Río Negro, Argentina

Villa Regina is a city of General Roca Department of the Province of Rio Negro, Argentina. The city is connected to the rest of the towns in the Upper Río Negro Valley via Highway 22nd The city was built by the Italian-Argentine Colonization Company (Spanish: Compañía Italo Argentina de Colonización), which bought 5,000 hectares of urban development from the estate of Manuel Zorrilla. The countries were divided into four zones 1300 hectares, 1200 hectares, 1300 hectares and 1200 hectares. These zones are then divided into several parts, which were sold to families who immigrated to Argentina from Italy. The settlement was founded November 7, 1924. It was originally named Colonia Regina de Alvear, after the wife of then-President Marcelo T. de Alvear, who had approved the project. The company developed the city with the help of Italian investors. In 1930 the government created the Rio Negro municipality of Villa Regina, dissolve the Italian-Argentine Colonization Company. By 1939, the development of the four zones clear. In 1987, the city wrote its first constitution, doing away with the position of municipal president and replace it with the position of mayor. Villa Regina is considered the capital of the Eastern Upper Valley micro-region. The surrounding area offers a great deal of apple and pear harvests of Patagonia and has a sizeable harvest too. The economy of the city is complemented by its canning and bottling plants, which is the local industrial park. The town celebrates the Provincial Grape Harvest Festival each year and also hosts the National Comahue Fair every two years. .... Learn more at Wikipedia

Name	Villa Regina
Long Name	Villa Regina, Río Negro, Argentina
Region	Río Negro
Country	Argentina
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