Balcarce Partido is a
partido of
Buenos Aires Province in
Argentina
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The provincial subdivision has a population of 42,040 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is
Balcarce, which is around from
Buenos Aires
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Name
The partido is named after
Antonio González de Balcarce
Antonio González de Balcarce (June 24, 1774 – August 15, 1819) was an Argentine military commander in the early 19th century.
González de Balcarce was born in Buenos Aires. He joined the armed forces as a cadet in 1788. In the battle for Mo ...
(1774-1819), an Argentine military commander, governor of Buenos Aires and
Supreme Director (president) of Argentina in 1816.
Economy
The economy of Balcarce Partido is dominated by agriculture. Other economic activities include
mineral extraction and
tourism
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Farming is dominated by the production of
arable
Arable relates to the growing of crops:
* Arable farming or agronomy, the cultivation of field crops
* Arable land, land upon which crops are cultivated
* Arable crops program The arable crops program is a consolidated support system operated und ...
crops and
potato
The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae.
Wild potato species can be found from the southern Un ...
es.
The impact of modern farming techniques and mining has damaged the natural habitats of indigenous species such as
emu
The emu () (''Dromaius novaehollandiae'') is the second-tallest living bird after its ratite relative the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the genus '' Dromaius''. The ...
,
jackrabbit
Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus ''Lepus''. They are herbivores, and live solitarily or in pairs. They nest in slight depressions called forms, and their young are able to fend for themselves shortly after birth. The gen ...
,
viscacha and
armadillo
Armadillos (meaning "little armored ones" in Spanish) are New World placental mammals in the order Cingulata. The Chlamyphoridae and Dasypodidae are the only surviving families in the order, which is part of the superorder Xenarthra, al ...
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Balcarce is home to Argentina's National Institute of Agricultural Technology, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) and the faculty of agrarian sciences, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata.
Attractions
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Autódromo Juan Manuel Fangio
Autódromo Juan Manuel Fangio is a motorsports circuit located near Balcarce, Argentina. It has hosted events in the Turismo Carretera series. The 2011 race saw tragedy as young Argentine Guido Falaschi was fatally injured in a multi-car crash. ...
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Juan Manuel Fangio Museum
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Settlements
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Balcarce
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San Agustín
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Los Pinos
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Napaleofú
Napaleofú is a small town in the southeast of the Buenos Aires Province, province of Buenos Aires, in Argentina. It is located 50 km from Tandil and 63 km from Balcarce, Buenos Aires, Balcarce and administratively depends on the Balcarce Partido ...
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Bosch
Bosch may refer to:
People
* Bosch (surname)
* Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450 – 1516), painter
* Van den Bosch, a Dutch toponymic surname
* Carl Bosch, a German chemical engineer and nephew of Robert Bosch
* Robert Bosch, founder of Robert Bosch Gm ...
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Ramos Otero
Ramos is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin that means "bouquets" or "branches". Notable people with the surname include:
* Adrián Ramos (born 1986), Colombian footballer
* Aldrech Ramos (born 1988), Filipino basketball player
* Al ...
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Villa Laguna La Brava
A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became sm ...
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External links
Juan Manuel Fangio museum(English content)
Municipality websiteNational Institute of Agricultural Technology websiteFaculty of agrarian sciences website''El Semanal'' newspaper
1865 establishments in Argentina
Partidos of Buenos Aires Province
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