Alvear is a town in Corrientes Province, Argentina.

It is accessed via the RN 14 or the General Urquiza railway.

The town was officially founded in 1863,[1] in the shadow of the "Ombú Protector", a tree that is immortalized in the community coat of arms.

The name is believed to derive from General Carlos de Alvear, who was born in the province of Corrientes and was honored by the members of Congress by naming the fledgling town Alvear after him.

It is also said that Don Diego de Alvear, father of Carlos María, lived some years in the Itaqui pass, and that this also contributed to the imposition of the name.