Trenque Lauquen

Infobox Settlement
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image_shield = EscudoTrenqueLauquen.jpg
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pushpin_map_caption =Location in Argentina
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pushpin_map1 = Buenos Aires Province
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ARG
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Buenos Aires
subdivision_type2 = Partido
subdivision_name2 = Trenque Lauquen
established_title = Founded
established_date = 1876
population_as_of = census-ar|2001
population_total = 30,764
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latd = 35
latm = 58
longd = 62
longm = 42
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elevation_m = 80
postal_code_type = CPA Base
postal_code = 6400
area_code = +54 2392
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Trenque Lauquen is a city in the west of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, convert|444|km|mi|0|lk=on|abbr=on from Buenos Aires City and convert|80|km|mi|0|abbr=on from the border with the province of La Pampa, on the intersection of National Routes 5 and 33. Trenque Lauquen is the only city of the district ("partido") of the same name, and has a population of about 40,000 inhabitants as per the census-ar|2001.

The name of the city means "Round Lagoon". It was founded on 1876-04-12 by the advancing troops of Colonel Conrado Excelso Villegas, under orders from the Minister of War Adolfo Alsina, as the center of operations of the North Division of the Border Commandancy, during the Conquest of the Desert (the campaign to subject the territories occupied by aboriginal tribes to the government of Buenos Aires). The "partido" was officially created on 1886-07-28.

References

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* [http://www.trenque-lauquen.com.ar Official website and portal]