Laprida Partido

Infobox Partido Argentina
name= Laprida
official name= Partido de Laprida
coat of arms= Sin escudo.svg


location= location of Laprida Partido in Buenos Aires Province
capital= Laprida
foundation= September 16 1889
founder=
pop= 9,683
density= 7.03 Inhabitants/km²
pop change= +3.87% (1991-2001)
resident= "lapridense"
tel= 02285
post= B7414
coor= coord|36|02|S|59|06|W
area= convert|3340|km2|sqmi|0|lk=on|abbr=on
dist1= convert|480|km|mi|0|lk=on|abbr=on
dist2= convert|470|km|mi|0|lk=on|abbr=on
patron=
mayor= Susana Haydée Iglesias, UCR
web= http://www.laprida.mun.gba.gov.ar
ifam= BUE068

Laprida Partido is a partido located in central Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 9,600 inhabitants in an area of convert|3340|km2|sqmi|0|lk=on|abbr=on. Its capital city is Laprida, located convert|480|km|mi|0|lk=on|abbr=on from Buenos Aires on the Ferrocarril General Roca railway line to Olavarría and on provincial routes RP 51, RP 75, RP 76 and RP 86. It sits on fertile pampas land and its main economy is agriculture.

It is named after Francisco Narciso Laprida, president of the Congreso de Tucumán, and co-signer of Argentina's Independence Declaration in 1816.

Geography

Climate

Temperature

Laprida's climate is humid-template, with an average temperature of convert|22|°C|°F|0 in summer (average max. convert|30|°C|°F|0), and convert|6|°C|°F|0 in winter (average min. convert|1|°C|°F|1), with an annual mean of convert|14|°C|°F|0.

Relative humidity is 60%, with the most humid month being July with 67%, and the driest in December at 50%.

Rain

The area is catalogued as subhumid-dry, with a measured maximum (until 2006), in 1980 at convert|1268|mm|in|1|lk=on|abbr=on, annual media of convert|88|mm|in|1|abbr=on with a tendency to reach convert|900|mm|in|1|abbr=on (convert|858|mm|in|1|abbr=on in 1996).

During the dry season (summer) March is the wettest at convert|106|mm|in|1|abbr=on. The wet season is at the end of spring (October and November). The driest month on record is August with an average of convert|32|mm|in|1|abbr=on.

oil

Laprida Partido is on an extended plain with low wavy terrain in areas, and no rivers or streams, but with a few small lakes and no flooding areas. Soil is mainly alkaline of low permeability, and low vegetation, and apt for agriculture.

Relief

It sits on what is called "Pampa Deprimida" ("low pampas"), from the Río Salado, but in a higher topographic zone, along with the Partidos of General Lamadrid and Benito Juárez.

Basque presence in Laprida

The Basques have been an important immigration group since the foundation of the partido and the city, working mainly in agriculture and cattle raising, commerce and services [es icon [http://www.euskosare.org/komunitateak/ikertzaileak/ehmg_2_mintegia/txostenak/origenes_centro_vasco_laprida Orígenes del Centro Vasco Laprida] ]

Towns and settlements

*Laprida
*Pueblo San Jorge
*Pueblo Nuevo
*Colonia Artalejo
*Las Hermanas
*Paragüil
*Santa Elena
*Voluntad

References

External links

*es icon [http://www.laprida.mun.gba.gov.ar/salud/hospitales.htm Official Site]
*es icon [http://www.mininterior.gov.ar/municipales/busqueda/amplia_info.asp?ID=BUE068 Federal website]
* [http://www.maplandia.com/argentina/buenos-aires/laprida/paraguil/ Paragüil Map — Satellite Images of Paragüil]