Goya

Goya is a city in the south-east of the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It has about 87,000 inhabitants as of the 2001 census [INDEC].

The city lies on the left-hand (eastern) shore of the Paraná River, opposite Reconquista, Santa Fe, 222 km south from the provincial capital (Corrientes) and 715 km north-northwest from Buenos Aires.

Goya hosts the annual National Festival of the Surubí, which includes a fishing contest. The surubí is a popular large catfish of the Paraná.