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Rivadavia is a partido in the northwest of
Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...
, Argentina, on the border with
La Pampa Province La Pampa () is a sparsely populated province of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Luis, Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Río Negro, Neuquén and Mendoza. History In ...
. It has an area of , and a population of 15,452 (). 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.


Name

The partido is named in honour of Bernardino Rivadavia, a veteran of the
Argentine War of Independence The Argentine War of Independence ( es, Guerra de Independencia de Argentina, links=no) was a secessionist civil war fought from 1810 to 1818 by Argentine patriotic forces under Manuel Belgrano, Juan José Castelli and José de San Martín a ...
and
President of Argentina The president of Argentina ( es, Presidente de Argentina), officially known as the president of the Argentine Nation ( es, Presidente de la Nación Argentina), is both head of state and head of government of Argentina. Under Constitution of Ar ...
1826–1827.


Towns and Villages

* América (capital, or ''cabecera'', population 10,361, ) *Badano *Cerrito *Condarco *Fortín Olavarría (population 1.005, ) *González Moreno (population 1,663, ) *Mira Pampa (population 54, ) *Roosevelt (population 288, ) *San Mauricio (population 28, ) *Sansinena (population 468, ) *Sumblad (population 96) *Vadano *Valentín Gómez () *Villa Sena


External links


América Digital - portal
(Spanish) 1910 establishments in Argentina Partidos of Buenos Aires Province {{BuenosAiresAR-geo-stub