Coronel Dorrego
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Coronel Dorrego is a town in Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...

, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

. It is the head town of the Coronel Dorrego Partido
Coronel Dorrego Partido
Coronel Dorrego Partido is a partido located on the southern coast of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.The provincial subdivision has a population of about 16,500 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Coronel Dorrego, which is located around 628km from Buenos Aires.-Economy:The...

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Provincial Festival of the Plains

Fiesta Provincial de las Llanuras has been held in Coronel Dorrego since the 1960s, the festival celebrates the Gaucho
Gaucho
Gaucho is a term commonly used to describe residents of the South American pampas, chacos, or Patagonian grasslands, found principally in parts of Argentina, Uruguay, Southern Chile, and Southern Brazil...

 traditions and features a grand asado
Asado
Asado is a term used both for a range of barbecue techniques and the social event of having or attending a barbecue in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and southern Brazil. In the former countries asado is also the standard word for barbecue. An asado usually consists of beef alongside various...

in the town square.
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