Villa Clara | |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Pushpin Map: | Argentina Entre Ríos Province#Argentina |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Argentina |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Entre Ríos Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Villaguay |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1902 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Timezone1: | ART |
Utc Offset1: | -3 |
Population Total: | 2726 |
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 2,726 residents in 2010. [1]
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.