Reconquista, Santa Fe

Reconquista is a city in the north of the, from the provincial capital. It is the head town of the General Obligado Department, and it has 84,939 inhabitants according to the.
The city lies on a branch of the Paraná River opposite the city of Goya, Corrientes. As of 2005, the construction of a road link between the two cities is under study; at present there is no way to cross the multiple minor branches, streams and wetlands except by boat.
Reconquista was founded on 27 April 1872 as a military fort, established by Colonel Manuel Obligado, in lands formerly belonging to the Jesuit mission Reducción San Jerónimo del Rey. It was declared a city in 1921.

Climate

The climate of the region is wet subtropical, with a mean annual rainfall of.

The city is served by commercial airlines using the Reconquista Airport, served, as of 2023, by LADE.

Reconquista was natively inhabited by the Abipones people according to accounts from Jesuit Martin Dobrizhoffer.
On November 22, 1872, the Governor Simón de Iriondo by Decree No. 430 authorizing the creation of a town a with the name of Reconquista.
In 1998, there were a high number of leptospirosis cases were detected, coming from the area of Reconquista Central Hospital in Reconquista, Santa Fe province.