Rivadavia Department, Buenos Aires

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Rivadavia
Official name	Partido de Rivadavia
Capital	América
Country Province	Argentina Buenos Aires
Foundation Founder	September 30, 1910 provincial law 3273
Population:
- Total	15,452
- Density	3.92 Inhabitants/km²
- Population change	+3.04%(1991-2001)
Demonym	rivadaviense
Telephone code	2337
Post Code	B6237
Location
- Coordinates	35°29′S, 62°59′W
Area	3,940 km²
Distance:
- to Buenos Aires	510km
- to La Plata	?
Patron Saint	?
Mayor	Sergio Omar Buil, UCR
Web Site	http://www.rivadavia.gov.ar
IFAM Statistics	IFAM

Rivadavia is a partido in the northwest of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on the border with La Pampa Province. It has an area of 3,940 square kilometres, and a population of 15,452 (2001 census [INDEC]).

The partido, created in 1910, has the town of América as its capital, and its main economic activities are cattle, and the cultivation of wheat, maize and soya beans. Most of the Soya grown in rivadavia partido is of the genetically modified variety.

[edit] Name

The Partido is named in honour of Bernardino Rivadavia (1780-1845), veteran of the Argentine War of Independence and President of Argentina 1826-1827.

[edit] Districts (localidades)

• América (capital, or cabecera, population 10,361, 35°29′18″S, 62°58′31″W)
• Badano
• Cerrito
• Condarco
• Fortín Olavarría (population 1.005, 35°42′05″S, 63°01′25″W)
• González Moreno (population 1,663, 35°33′16″S, 63°22′43″W)
• Mira Pampa (population 54, 35°52′06″S, 63°22′20″W)
• Roosevelt (population 288, 35°50′53″S, 63°17′32″W)
• San Mauricio (population 28, 35°30′45″S, 63°11′10″W)
• Sansinena (population 468, 35°45′52″S, 63°08′22″W)
• Sumblad (population 96)
• Vadano
• Valentín Gómez ( 35°39′03″S, 63°15′16″W)
• Villa Sena

[edit] External links

• América Digital - portal (Spanish)

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