Rivadavia Department, Buenos Aires

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


location= location of Rivadavia Partido in Buenos Aires Province
capital= América
foundation= September 30 1910
founder= provincial law 3273
pop= 15,452
density= 3.92 Inhabitants/km²
pop change= +3.04%(1991-2001)
resident= "rivadaviense"
tel= 2337
post= B6237
coor= coord|35|29|S|62|59|W
area= 3,940 km²
dist1= 510km
dist2= ?
patron= ?
mayor= Sergio Omar Buil, UCR| web= http://www.rivadavia.gov.ar
ifam= BUE104

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 (census-ar|2001).

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.

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.

Districts (localidades)

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

External links

* [http://www.america-digital.com.ar América Digital - portal] (Spanish)