Cataracts of the Iguazu

History of Iguazu Port

The region of Iguazu comprises of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, their natural inhabitants are the guaraní town. The Spaniards discovered the cataracts in the middle of Century XVI, in an expedition headed by Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca and he named them like "Cataracts of Santa Maria".

In 1901 Aguirre was constructed to a way from Port to the Cataracts, from then began to be developed in the zone the institutions that soon would constitute the town.

Between 1934 and 1935 the National Park Iguazu is created, on whose administration depended of Port Aguirre until in 1943 the name of Iguazu Port is given off like commune acquiring.

Tourism in Iguazu Port: Misiones - Mesopotamia - Argentina