Pinamar

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Pagename

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pushpin_map_caption =Location in Argentina
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ARG
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Buenos Aires
subdivision_type2 = Partido
subdivision_name2 = Pinamar
established_title = Founded
established_date = February 14 1943
population_as_of = census-ar|2001
population_total = 20,175
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latm = 06
longd = 56
longm = 51
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elevation_m = 1
postal_code_type = CPA Base
postal_code = 7167
area_code = +54 2254
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Pinamar is a small Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in the Buenos Aires Province. It has about 20,000 inhabitants as per the census-ar|2001.

Located less than 400 km south of Buenos Aires it is one of several small seaside communities that line the coast. Since Pinamar's main attraction is the ocean, it is a fairly quiet town during the winter months. Tourism is what fuels the economy during the summer.

Two facts set Pinamar apart from most of the other Atlantic Ocean beach cities:1- the fact that it is a planned city with a very strict building code, and2- that it has been artificially turned from wild sand dunes into a forest (mostly of pine trees, which explains the "pina" in the name).

City planning, as defined by founding architect Jorge Bunge and maintained by elected authorities ever since, translates into a city mostly made up of residential houses with open gardens; that, together with the pine forest, combine to make the city a very nice setting. That explains why it has been chosen as the summer resort for many well-to-do Argentinians, in particular those living in Buenos Aires.

Pine planting was originally started in nearby Villa Gesell and copied in Pinamar, although the city plan for Villa Gesell not was as carefully laid out or kept through the years.

References

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External links

*es icon [http://www.pinamar.gov.ar/ Official Website]
*es icon ar-mi-muni|BUE097
*es icon [http://www.revista365.com.ar/ Revista 365: Pinamar Lifestyle Magazine]
*es icon [http://www.pinamarweb.com/ Pinamar Travel Guide]
*es icon [http://www.pinamarsa.com.ar/ Pinamar Sociedad Anonima - Real Estate]
*es icon [http://www.pinamar-bariloche.com.ar/portal.php?localidadID=1 Pinamar Travel Guide Images]