Mercedes Partido is a
partido in the eastern part of
Buenos Aires Province in
Argentina
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.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 62,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is
Mercedes, from
Buenos Aires
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.
Settlements
* Agote
* Altamira
* García
*
Goldney
* Gowland
* La Verde
*
Mercedes
* San Jacinto
* Tomás Jofré
Population growth
*1980: 51,207
*1991: 55,685
*2001: 59,870
*2002: 60,674
*2003: 61,034
*2004: 61,395
*2005: 61,704
*2006: 62,151
Geography
Mercedes Partido is situated in the Undulated Pampa (''Pampa Ondulada''), one of the subregions of the
Pampa
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s. It owes its name to a series of undulations, or the way the terrain descends gradually to the banks of the
Paraná River
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. It extends north of the
Salado River in
Buenos Aires Province, from
Samborombón Bay
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Toponymy
The bay is thought to have be ...
to the northeast, to the provinces of
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and
Santa Fe.
Climate
As in the rest of the Undulated Pampa, Mercedes's climate is
humid-temperate, characterized by:
* Four distinct seasons.
* The moderating influence on temperatures by being near to the
Atlantic Ocean
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.
* The free circulation of Atlantic humid winds, due to the flat terrain.
Average temperature and rainfall in the city of
Mercedes for the 1983 - 2000 period:
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External links
Mercedes News 24 HoursMunicipal WebsiteInfoBAN - Noticias de MercedesSemanario El Nuevo CronistaMercedinas News
Partidos of Buenos Aires Province
States and territories established in 1752
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