The Partido de Lincoln is a partido

Partido

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 of the Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

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 is located in the north-east of the province in central Argentina

Argentina

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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 41,000 inhabitants in an area of 2253 km² (870 sq mi), and its head city is Lincoln which is located 320 km (199 mi) from Buenos Aires.

Settlements

• Arenaza
• Balsa
• Bayauca
• Bermúdez
  Bermudez
  - People :* Adolfo Bermudez, an American professional wrestler* Alejandro Bermúdez , a Colombian swimmer* Enrique Bermúdez was commander of the Nicaraguan Contras...
  
  
• Carlos Salas
  Carlos Salas
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• Coronel Martínez de Hoz
  Coronel Martínez de Hoz
  Coronel Martínez de Hoz is a city located in the partido of Lincoln in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.The settlement was established in 1904 and named in honour of Miguel Federico Martínez de Hoz an Argentine colonel during the war with Paraguay....
  
  
• El Triunfo
• Fortín Vigilancia
• Las Toscas
• Lincoln
• Pasteur
• Roberts
• Triunvirato

Name

When the partido was founded in 1865, the name Lincoln was chosen as a tribute to the recently assassinated Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

, 16th President of the United States

President of the United States

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 (1861 to 1865), and enactor of the Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation Proclamation

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Economy

Lincoln's economy is dominated by agriculture. The main crops are wheat, corn, soy and sunflower. The district is home to around 500,000 cows and responsible for 10% of Argentina's honey production.

Sports

Lincoln Partido is home to a number of football clubs, including;

• Rivadavia
  Club Rivadavia de Lincoln
  Club Rivadavia is a football club from Lincoln, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The squad currently plays in Torneo Argentino A, which is the regionalised third tier of the Argentine Football Association league system....
  
  
• El Linqueño
  El Linqueño
  Club Atlético El Linqueño is an Argentine Football club, which home town is in the city of Lincoln, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.The club currently plays in the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football, which is called Torneo Argentino B...
  
  
• Argentino de Lincoln
• Juventud Unida de Lincoln
• Atlético de Roberts
• San Martín de Roberts
• Deportivo de Arenaza
• CASET de El Triunfo
• Atlético Las Toscas
• Independiente de Martínez de Hoz
• Deportivo General Pinto
• Pintense de General Pinto
• Atlético de Pasteur.

Folk Festival

Pasteur in Lincoln Partido is home to one of Argentina's most important folk festivals, it takes place in February each year.

External links

Federal website Information about Lincoln Partido Provincial Website