Barrio San Pedro Pescador is a village and municipality in Chaco Province in northern Argentina,[1] located on the thin coastal levee of the Paraná River.

[3][4] The name Barrio San Pedro Pescador is a clear reference to Simon Peter, an apostle of Jesus of Nazareth and a professional fisherman.

The settlement emerged in response to the Paraná River flood of 1982, when inhabitants of the banks and islands settled in the old General Manuel Belgrano Bridge workshop after losing their homes.

The then de facto governor, José David Ruiz Palacios, built 35 small houses and a health center that still exists to date.

The inhabitants were and continue to be fishermen who made their living from the Paraná River and sold them in the growing local markets of Resistencia and Corrientes.

Barrio San Pedro Pescador is not attached to any of these agglomerates as a result of insurmountable natural barriers, namely the Paraná river with Corrientes and a series of depressions and ponds with Gran Resistencia.