Tornquist Partido is a
partido in the southwest 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 ...
in
Argentina and is named after
Ernesto Tornquist, founder of Tornquist, the partido's main city.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 12,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is
Tornquist, which is from
Buenos Aires.
Economy
The economy of Tornquist is dominated by farming, the main agricultural products are:
wheat,
barley,
oats,
maize,
sunflower
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,
soybeans and
sorghum
''Sorghum'' () is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the grass family (Poaceae). Some of these species are grown as cereals for human consumption and some in pastures for animals. One species is grown for grain, while many othe ...
.
There is also large scale production of beef and dairy products, and smaller scale production of pork, chicken, sheep and honey.
Settlements
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Berraondo
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Chasicó
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Choique
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Description
The lesser rhea stands at tall. Len ...
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Estomba
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García del Río
García or Garcia may refer to:
People
* García (surname)
* Kings of Pamplona/Navarre
** García Íñiguez of Pamplona, king of Pamplona 851/2–882
** García Sánchez I of Pamplona, king of Pamplona 931–970
** García Sánchez II of Pampl ...
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Nueva Roma
Nueva is the Spanish feminine form of the word for "new" and may refer to:
* Isla Nueva, an uninhabited island in Chile
* The Nueva School, a school in Hillsborough, California, USA.
* Nueva (Llanes)
Nueva is one of 28 parishes (adminis ...
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Pelicura
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Saldungaray
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Tornquist
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Sierra de La Ventana
Sierra de La Ventana is a village in Tornquist Partido in the southwest of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. With a population of 1,819 inhabitants (), it is one of the most attractive tourist centres in the Province and has numerous recreat ...
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Villa Serrana La Gruta
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Villa Ventana
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External links
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1910 establishments in Argentina
Partidos of Buenos Aires Province
Populated places established in 1910
Volga German diaspora
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