Tres Arroyos

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Coordinates: 38°22′S 60°16′W / -38.367, -60.267
Tres Arroyos
Tres Arroyos Location in Argentina
Tres Arroyos Location in Buenos Aires Province
Country	Argentina
Province	Buenos Aires
Partido	Tres Arroyos
Founded	April 24, 1884
Elevation	98 m (322 ft)
Population (2001 census [INDEC])
- Total	45,986
CPA Base	B 7500
Area code(s)	+54 2983

Tres Arroyos is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the capital of the Tres Arroyos Partido.

The city has a sizable Dutch, Danish, and French immigrant population.

[edit] Archaeological site

Roughly 5 km from the city of Tres Arroyos lies the "Arroyo Seco" archaeological site, which is considered to be one of the oldest yet found in Argentina. Over 40 skeletons, presumably in burial positions, were found at the site, dated to estimated age of 9000 years B.P.. The site includes tools, hunting implements and fossils of extinct mammals. Much of the extensive materials are on display at the José A. Mulazzi Municipal Museum, which includes reconstructions of how the people of the time lived.

[edit] Sport

The city is home to Huracán de Tres Arroyos, a football team playing in the regional leagues, but who played in the Argentine Primera as recently as 2004-05.