Coronel Vidal is a city in

Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires, officially the Buenos Aires Province, is the largest and most populous Provinces of Argentina, Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of the province an ...

, Argentina. It is the

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for Mar Chiquita Partido. Its main commercial activity is agriculture. Every year, in February, the city is host of one of the biggest festivals in Buenos Aires, called "Fiesta Nacional del Potrillo" (Foal National Festival)

Location

It is located at 343 kilometers of Autovía 2, south of Buenos Aires city and at 302 kilometers of La Plata city.

Population

The current population is 6,611 inhabitants (Indec, 2010). This represents an increase of 4.6% against 6,320 inhabitants from the previous census (Indec, 2001).

Cunicultural Production

In Coronel Vidal, cunicultural production has grown 4.200% since 1995. The breeding of rabbits for export continues gaining traction around the world.

Historical background

The settlement was founded on 28 May 1883 by Dardo Rocha, and named in honour of Don Celestino Vidal, a hero of the

Argentine War of Independence The Argentine War of Independence () was a secessionist civil war (until 1816) fought from 1810 to 1818 by Argentine patriotic forces under Manuel Belgrano, Juan José Castelli, Martín Miguel de Güemes, Martin Miguel de Guemes and José de ...

. Its primitive inhabitants called it as "Arbolito" (little tree), a name taken from the old station of the Southern Railroad.

Infraestructure

The railroad crosses over the city center. It is connected towards the north with Buenos Aires and with Mar del Plata towards the south. Long-distance buses arrive at the city center every day coming from Capital Federal and the metropolitan region. Their road accesses are Autovía 2 and Ruta Provincial 55. The city has natural gas services, network electricity, sewers, running water, local radio and local cable TV, satellite TV, an office from Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, hotel, restaurants, taxis, social and sport clubs, schools (all the levels), library, hospital, fire department, police station, post office, delegations from the main entities according to the national and regional government as well as a variety of intermediate institutions.

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