Eldorado Department

Eldorado Department is a department of Misiones Province, Argentina.

Eldorado is a town of about 70,000 people. Located in the north of Misiones, Argentina 1 hours from Iguazú and 2 hours from Posadas (the regional capital), it relied largely on sawmills in the area for its economy, but many independent sawmill operators were put out of business or bought out by a firm called Alto Parana with backing from its Chilean parent company.

Throughout the region there are lots of Jesuit ruins.

Misiones itself has been made famous by the film The Mission.

Departments of Misiones Province
  • Apóstoles
  • Cainguás
  • Candelaria
  • Capital
  • Concepción de la Sierra
  • Eldorado
  • General Manuel Belgrano
  • Guaraní
  • Iguazú
  • Leandro N. Alem
  • Libertador General San Martín
  • Montecarlo
  • Oberá
  • San Ignacio
  • San Javier
  • San Pedro
  • Veinticinco de Mayo

Coordinates: 26°24′04″S 54°37′07″W / 26.40111°S 54.61861°W / -26.40111; -54.61861

Famous quotes containing the word department:

    “All his works might well enough be embraced under the title of one of them, a good specimen brick, “On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History.” Of this department he is the Chief Professor in the World’s University, and even leaves Plutarch behind.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)