Tres Arroyos is a city 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 capital of the Tres Arroyos Partido

Tres Arroyos Partido

The partido of Tres Arroyos is a subdivision of the Province of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Located on the Atlantic coast of the province, it was created in 1882 by the provincial government when they divided the territory of Tres Arroyos into the partidos of Coronel Suárez, Tres Arroyos and...

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The city has a sizable population of Dutch

Netherlands

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 and Danish

Denmark

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 descent.

Archaeological site

Roughly 5 km from the city of Tres Arroyos lies the "Arroyo Seco" archaeological site, which is considered to be one of the oldest yet found in Argentina. Over 40 skeletons, presumably in burial positions, were found at the site, dated to estimated age of 9000 years B.P. The site includes tools, hunting implements and fossils of extinct mammals. Much of the extensive materials are on display at the José A. Mulazzi Municipal Museum, which includes reconstructions of how the people of the time lived.

Sport

The city is home to Huracán de Tres Arroyos

Huracán de Tres Arroyos

Club Atlético Huracán is an Argentine football club based in the city of Tres Arroyos, in Buenos Aires Province.The club is the biggest of Tres Arroyos City, and one of the most big in Southern Buenos Aires Province...

, a football team playing in the regional leagues, but who played in the Argentine Primera as recently as 2004-05.

External links

Radio Comunidad Argentina website Municipal website Tres Arroyos links Tres Arroyos portal La Casa del Payador Remeras Estampadas, Remeras Locas Diario La Voz Del Pueblo Lu 24 Radio Tres Arroyos Munich Bar Restaurant