Barranqueras

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| name = Barranqueras

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| settlement_type = City

| image_skyline = Barranqueras town hall.jpg

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| image_caption = Barranqueras town hall

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Barranqueras in Argentina

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| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Chaco}}

| subdivision_type2 = Department

| subdivision_name2 = San Fernando

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| population_total = 54,698

| population_as_of = 2010 census

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone1 = ART

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| postal_code_type = CPA base

| postal_code = H3503

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| area_code = +54 3722

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Barranqueras is a city in the southeast of the province of Chaco, Argentina, on a small tributary river on the right-hand-side (western) shore of the Paraná River, only 7 km from the provincial capital Resistencia and within its metropolitan area. It has over 50,000 inhabitants according to the {{census-ar|2001}}, being the third most populated city in the province.

Barranqueras is located in a commercial node of the Mercosur, and has a port on Kilometer 1,198 of the Paraná, managed by the provincial state since 1991.

Alicia Azula was elected Mayor of Barranqueras in 2003 and she was re-elected twice more.[http://www.datachaco.com/noticias/view/57587 Alicia Azula retuvo la intendencia de Barranqueras] {{in lang|es}}[http://www.corrientesaldia.info/102902 Confirmadas por el escrutinio definitivo] {{in lang|es}}