Bovril, Argentina

Bovril
Bovril
	Municipality and village
Country	Argentina
Province	Entre Ríos
Department	La Paz
Founded	1913
Elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Population (2001)[1]
• Total	7,977
	Municipality
Time zone	UTC-3
Website	http://www.bovril.gob.ar

Bovril is a village and municipality in La Paz Department in the north-west of Entre Ríos Province in north-eastern Argentina.[2]

The locality is connected by 6 km of paved road with National Route 127. It was formerly served by a railway station, es:Estación Bovril, on the General Urquiza Railway network.

San Miguel Hospital, Bovril

Field of sorghum near Bovril

History

The planned village, "Colonia y Pueblo Bovril", was founded in 1913 by the Bovril Company, British makers of the beef extract Bovril, to accommodate workers at the meat processing plant at Santa Elena and on the railway.[3] The company owned large tracts of cattle-rearing land in the area until 1973.[4][5] Substantial numbers of Volga Germans settled in the area.[6] The municipality of Bovril was constituted in 1951.

Festivals

The annual Fiesta Nacional del Gurí Entrerriano is attended by boys from all over Entre Ríos province, who take part in artistic activities, folk dance and sporting contests.[7]

The Festival Montielero, founded in 2004, features Indigenous culture.

Notable people from Bovril

Gabriel Graciani, footballer
Augusto Vandor, trade union leader[8]

References

Census table 11.7: province of Entre Rios by municipality, 2001 Census of Argentina
"INFORME EJECUTIVO 2015" (PDF). PROVINCIA DE ENTRE RIOS Ministerio de Economía, Hacienda y Finanzas. p. 6. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
"Where's the beef?". Financial Times. September 28, 2012.
"Bovril Co". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
Farrell, Thomas (5 November 2014). "The meat of the issue: Bovril". Let's Look Again.
"Migration". vgi.fairfield.edu. Volga German Institute, Fairfield University. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
"La Fiesta del Gurí Entrerriano de Bovril fue declarada "Nacional"". Radio Nacional (in Spanish). 30 October 2016.
James W. McGuire (1999). Peronism Without Perón: Unions, Parties, and Democracy in Argentina. Stanford University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-8047-3655-8.

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[1] Census table 11.7: province of Entre Rios by municipality, 2001 Census of Argentina

[2] "INFORME EJECUTIVO 2015" (PDF). PROVINCIA DE ENTRE RIOS Ministerio de Economía, Hacienda y Finanzas. p. 6. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[ft-3] "Where's the beef?". Financial Times. September 28, 2012.

[4] "Bovril Co". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[5] Farrell, Thomas (5 November 2014). "The meat of the issue: Bovril". Let's Look Again.

[6] "Migration". vgi.fairfield.edu. Volga German Institute, Fairfield University. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[7] "La Fiesta del Gurí Entrerriano de Bovril fue declarada "Nacional"". Radio Nacional (in Spanish). 30 October 2016.

[McGuire1999-8] James W. McGuire (1999). Peronism Without Perón: Unions, Parties, and Democracy in Argentina. Stanford University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-8047-3655-8.