Fray Bentos

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Fray Bentos is a historic industrial port city in western Uruguay, best known for its former meatpacking plants and role in the global meat trade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
city
industrial museum
meatpacking plant
meatpacking plant
port city
river port
climate humid subtropical climate
connects Argentina
Fray Bentos
continent South America
country Uruguay
economicHistory meat export
meat processing
foundedAs Villa Independencia
governingCountry Oriental Republic of Uruguay
linked to: Uruguay
hasFormerName Puerto del Sauce
Villa Independencia
hasHeritageSite Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape
linked to: Fray Bentos
hasIndustrialComplex Anglo meatpacking plant
Liebig Extract of Meat Company plant
hasMuseum Museo de la Revolución Industrial
hasPort Port of Fray Bentos
hasStatus departmental capital
hasTransportInfrastructure General San Martín Bridge
heritageDesignationYear 2015
heritageSignificance example of 19th–20th century meat industry
historicalRole center of meat extract production
export hub for canned meat
industrialComplexNameUsedIn Fray Bentos brand canned meat
isCapitalOf Río Negro Department
knownFor global meat trade
industrial heritage
meatpacking industry
languageUsed Spanish
locatedIn Fray Bentos
Fray Bentos
Río Negro Department
locatedInRegion western Uruguay
locatedOn Uruguay River
left bank of the Uruguay River
oppositeCityAcrossRiver Argentina
Gualeguaychú
partOf Southern Cone
river Uruguay River
timeZone UTC−03:00
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory industrial heritage
urbanType industrial port city

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Uruguay River hasCityOnBank Fray Bentos
Gualeguaychú borderCrossingTo Fray Bentos
Fray Bentos hasHeritageSite Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape
linked to: Fray Bentos
Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape locatedIn Fray Bentos
subject linked to: Fray Bentos
General San Martín Bridge connects Fray Bentos
subject linked to: Fray Bentos
Museo de la Revolución Industrial locatedIn Fray Bentos
subject linked to: Fray Bentos
Villa Independencia formerNameOf Fray Bentos
Villa Independencia partOf Fray Bentos industrial and port complex
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Villa Independencia associatedWithUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape
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Villa Independencia renamedAs Fray Bentos
Puerto del Sauce formerNameOf Fray Bentos
Puerto del Sauce locatedIn Fray Bentos
Puerto del Sauce hasSuccessor Fray Bentos
Liebig Extract of Meat Company plant partOf Fray Bentos industrial complex
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Anglo meatpacking plant locatedIn Fray Bentos
Anglo meatpacking plant UNESCODesignation Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape
linked to: Fray Bentos
Anglo meatpacking plant locatedIn Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape
linked to: Fray Bentos
Anglo meatpacking plant partOf Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape World Heritage Site
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Río Negro Department capital Fray Bentos
Río Negro Department hasSeat Fray Bentos
Río Negro Department hasPortCity Fray Bentos
Río Negro Department hasHeritageSite Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape
linked to: Fray Bentos
Port of Fray Bentos locatedIn Fray Bentos
Port of Fray Bentos serves city of Fray Bentos
linked to: Fray Bentos
Port of Fray Bentos hasNearbyCity Fray Bentos