Moisés Ville
Moisés Ville | |
|---|---|
Comuna | |
| Coordinates: 30°43′S 61°29′W / 30.717°S 61.483°W | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Province | Santa Fe |
| Department | San Cristóbal |
| Government | |
| • Communal President | Gustavo Ángel Barceló (FPCyS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 291 km2 (112 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 83 m (272 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 2,425 |
| • Density | 8.3/km2 (22/sq mi) |
| Demonym | moisesvillense |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| Postal code | S2313 |
| Area code | 03409 |
Moisés Ville (Yiddish: מאָזעסוויל) is a small town (comuna) in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, founded on 23 October 1889 by Eastern European and Russian Jews escaping pogroms and persecution. The original name was Kiryat Moshe ("Town of Moses" in Hebrew) named by Rabbi Aharon Halevi Goldman, the spiritual and community leader. He explained that just as Moses had brought the Jews out of slavery in Egypt and led them to a free country, this community had left behind the tyranny of Russia to make its way to Argentina. David Horovits translated the name to Moïsesville which was later hispanized to the current Moisés Ville. The town is located about 177 km (110 mi) from the provincial capital, in the San Cristóbal Department and 616 km (383 mi) from Buenos Aires. It had 2,425 inhabitants at the 2010 census [INDEC].