Rivadavia is a partido

Departments of Argentina

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 in the northwest of Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

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, Argentina

Argentina

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, on the border with La Pampa Province

La Pampa Province

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. It has an area of 3,940 square kilometres, and a population of 15,452 .

The partido, created in 1910, has the town of América

América, Buenos Aires

América is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the head town of the Rivadavia Partido, located some from Buenos Aires City and from the provincial capital, La Plata.Its population was, as per the 2001 census, 12,361.-External links:...

 as its capital, and its main economic activities are cattle

Cattle

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, and the cultivation of wheat

Wheat

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, maize

Maize

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 and soya beans. Most of the Soya grown in rivadavia partido is of the genetically modified variety.

Name

The Partido is named in honour of Bernardino Rivadavia

Bernardino Rivadavia

Bernardino de la Trinidad Gónzalez Rivadavia y Rivadavia was the first president of Argentina, from February 8, 1826 to July 7, 1827 . He was a politician of the United Provinces of Río de la Plata, Argentina today...

 (1780–1845), veteran of the Argentine War of Independence

Argentine War of Independence

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 and President of Argentina

President of Argentina

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 1826–1827.

Districts (localidades)

• América
  América, Buenos Aires
  América is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the head town of the Rivadavia Partido, located some from Buenos Aires City and from the provincial capital, La Plata.Its population was, as per the 2001 census, 12,361.-External links:...
  
  (capital, or cabecera, population 10,361, 35°29′18"S 62°58′31"W)
• Badano
• Cerrito
• Condarco
• Fortín Olavarría (population 1.005, 35°42′05"S 63°01′25"W)
• González Moreno (population 1,663, 35°33′16"S 63°22′43"W)
• Mira Pampa (population 54, 35°52′06"S 63°22′20"W)
• Roosevelt (population 288, 35°50′53"S 63°17′32"W)
• San Mauricio (population 28, 35°30′45"S 63°11′10"W)
• Sansinena (population 468, 35°45′52"S 63°08′22"W)
• Sumblad (population 96)
• Vadano
• Valentín Gómez (35°39′03"S 63°15′16"W)
• Villa Sena

External links

• América Digital - portal (Spanish)