Miramar, Córdoba

Miramar is a seaside resort in the north- east of the province of Cordoba in central Argentina, located on the shores of Lake Mar Chiquita. He had at the spot of the Census 2001 1.979 inhabitants.

The resort developed 1940-1960 as one of the most important tourist centers of the province. In the 1970s, the city counted 4,500 residents and had approximately 110 hotels. The most famous was in the period after the Second World War, the Hotel Viena, a monstrous luxury hotel, which was run by a German family. To which today partly flooded hotel entwines a variety of rumors, it should have served as a hiding senior officials of National Socialism. These rumors came mainly about as the hotel was closed after a few years of activity without obvious reasons.

In 1977, however, the lake stretched due to high rainfall from heavily and flooded the entire center of Miramar permanently, resulting in a sharp decline in tourism activity result. Then, the population fell to below 2,000. In order to build an alternative industry, nutria farms were established.

In 1992, the city government to blow up the flooded parts of the town and thus clear the way for a new waterfront. This is now under construction. Miramar has since been able to absorb a portion of its tourism activities again. 2004, the establishment of a joint tourism project with the larger neighboring Balnearia was taken in the interior and the smaller towns of La Para and Marullus who had become by the flooding to coastal resorts in attack.