Villa Clara, Entre Ríos

Villa Clara is a village located in the Villaguay Department, in the center of the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. According to the Argentine census bureau, it had 2,748 residents in 2001.

The village was named after Maurice de Hirsch's wife, Clara Bischoffsheim (1833 – 1899). Hirsch was a German Jewish philanthropist who sponsored large-scale Jewish emigration to Argentina.

It can be located in the map of the American Continent in the following geographical coordinates: 31°49′60″S 58°49′40″O / -31.83333, -58.82778.

Coordinates: 31°50′S 58°49′W / 31.833°S 58.817°W / -31.833; -58.817


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