Mar Chiquita Partido is a partido

Departments of Argentina

Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act...

 located on the Atlantic coast of 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...

 in 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...

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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 18,000 inhabitants in an area of 3114 km² (1,202 sq mi) and its capital city is Coronel Vidal

Coronel Vidal

Coronel Vidal is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Mar Chiquita Partido.The settlement was founded on May 28, 1883 by Dardo Rocha, named in honour of Don Celestino Vidal, a hero of the Argentine War of Independence....

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Economy

The economy of Mar Chiquita Partido is dominated by agriculture, cattle raising, and the summer tourist season (December-February).

Settlements

• Coronel Vidal
  Coronel Vidal
  Coronel Vidal is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Mar Chiquita Partido.The settlement was founded on May 28, 1883 by Dardo Rocha, named in honour of Don Celestino Vidal, a hero of the Argentine War of Independence....
  
  (pop. 6320)
• General Pirán (pop. 2896)
• Mar Chiquita
  Mar Chiquita
  Mar Chiquita is a lagoon in the southeast province of Buenos Aires in eastern Argentina. It is located by the Atlantic coast, 30 km north of Mar del Plata.The area is a natural reserve where a number of species of animals live around the lagoon....
  
   (pop. 394)
• Santa Clara del Mar (pop. 5204)
• Atlántida (pop. 586)
• Camet Norte (pop. 150)
• Frente Mar (pop. 77)
• Mar de Cobo (pop. 406)
• La Baliza (pop. 94)
• La Caleta (pop. 63)
• La Armonía (pop. 105)
• Vivoratá (pop. 792)

External links

Mar Chiquita Digital Official Site