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Mar de Ajó 
Location in Buenos Aires Province
Mar de AjóCoordinates: 36°43′S 56°40′W / 36.717°S 56.667°WCoordinates: 36°43′S 56°40′W / 36.717°S 56.667°W Country 
ArgentinaProvince 
Buenos AiresPartido La Costa Elevation 6 m (20 ft) Population (2001 census [INDEC]) – Total 13,769 CPA Base B 7109 Area code(s) +54 2257 Mar de Ajó is a coastal city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, and is located in the southern end of the seaside La Costa Partido (district).
History and overview
Named for the original Pertido de Ajó district established by Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas in 1839, the fishing village became of interest to tourism during the 1920s, when district Mayor Jorge Gibson graded the area's beaches. The town was officially established on December 21, 1935, and in 1936, its pier was completed; measuring 270 m (886 ft), the Mar de Ajó Pier is the largest of the five in the La Costa District. Mar de Ajó grew to become the most populous of the thirteen La Costa District municipalities, and rivals San Clemente del Tuyú, the northernmost La Costa town, in tourist activity.[1]
Renewed growth in the 1990s led to the establishment of the Universidad Atlántida Argentina in 1994,[2] and a casino in 1996. Other notable installations include the Rubén Luis Di Palma Regional Racetack (among the venues of the TC2000 rally), the Historical Museum and Archives (featuring glyptodons and other cenozoic era fossils), the Parish of Santa Margarita María de Alacoque, and the ship graveyard at Nueva Atlantis – site of the shipwreck of numerous 19th century merchant vessels, notably the Margaretha, a German Empire ship that ran aground in 1880, and whose remains appear during low tide.[3]
The town had a permanent population of 13,769 during the 2001 census [INDEC], and is expected to be home to nearly twice the number for the upcoming 2010 Census.
Kite surfing in Mar de Ajó
References
Turismo CarreteraChampion
drivers1939 Ángel Lo Valvo · 1940-41 Juan Manuel Fangio · 1947-48, 1953-54, 1960 Oscar Alfredo Gálvez · 1949-52, 1955-58, 1961 Juan Gálvez · 1959 Rodolfo de Álzaga · 1962-65 Dante Emiliozzi · 1966 Juan Manuel Bordeu · 1967 Eduardo Copello · 1968 Carlos Pairetti · 1969 Gastón Perkins · 1970-71 Rubén Luis di Palma · 1973 Nasif Estéfano · 1974-76 Héctor Gradassi · 1977-78, 1995-97, 1999 Juan María Traverso · 1979-80 Francisco Espinosa · 1980-81 Antonio Aventín · 1982 Jorge M. Boero · 1983-85 Roberto Mouras · 1986 Oscar Angeletti · 1987-89 Oscar Castellano · 1990 Emilio Satriano · 1991-92 Oscar Aventín · 1993 Walter Hernández · 1994 Eduardo Ramos · 1998, 2000-02 Guillermo Ortelli · 2003 Ernesto Bessone · 2004 Omar Martínez · 2005 Juan Manuel Silva · 2006 Norberto Fontana · 2007 Christian Ledesma · 2008 Guillermo Ortelli · 2009 Emanuel Moriatis
Cars Circuits Balcarce · Buenos Aires · Comodoro Rivadavia · La Plata · Mar de Ajó · Nueve de Julio · Paraná · Posadas · Rafaela · Río Cuarto · Río Gallegos · San Luis
Categories:- Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
- Populated places established in 1935
- Buenos Aires Province geography stubs
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