Capitán Bermúdez
Capitán Bermúdez is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, located within the metropolitan area of Greater Rosario,, on the western shore of the Paraná River. It had a population of about 29,000 inhabitants at the time of the. In 1991, fragments of the Soviet Union's Salyut 7 space station showered the town after burning up on re-entry.
Town
The town was founded in 1889, and officially became a city in 1971. Its name is an homage to Justo Bermúdez, a captain of the rebel forces of General José de San Martín during the Battle of San Lorenzo.The city hosts important industries that make use of environmentally harmful chemicals, including a petrochemical plant and a paper mill. According to studies conducted in the 1990s by Greenpeace, the paper plant is responsible for contaminating the Paraná River with chlorine-derived chemicals and others. Similar charges have been made about the petrochemical plant Electroclor, owned by Imperial Chemical Industries, which manufactures chlorine.
In 1991, fragments of the Soviet Union's Salyut 7 space station showered the town after burning up on re-entry. It had overshot its intended entry point, which would have placed its debris in uninhabited portions of the southern Pacific Ocean.
General
Category:Populated places established in 1889