Balcarce Partido
Balcarce Partido de Balcarce | |
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Location o Balcarce Partido in Buenos Aires Province | |
Coordinates: 37°52′S 58°15′W / 37.867°S 58.250°W | |
Kintra | Argentinae |
Established | 1865 |
Seat | Balcarce |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | José Luis Pérez, PJ |
Population | |
• Total | 42,040 |
Demonym(s) | balcarceño |
Postal Code | B7620 |
IFAM | |
Aurie Code | 02266 |
Patron saunt | San José |
Website | http://www.balcarce.gov.ar |
Balcarce Partido is a partido o Buenos Aires Province in Argentinae.
The provincial subdiveesion haes a population o 42,040 inhabitants in a aurie o 4,120 km² (1,591 sq mi), an its caipital ceety is Balcarce, which is locatit aroond 410 km (255 mi) frae Buenos Aires.
Name
[eedit | eedit soorce]The partido is namit efter Antonio González de Balcarce (1774-1819), a Argentine militar commander, govrenor o Buenos Aires an Supreme Director (preses) o Argentinae in 1816.
Economy
[eedit | eedit soorce]The economy o Balcarce Partido is dominatit bi agricultur, ither economic activities include mineral extraction an tourism.
Fermin is dominatit bi the production o arable crops an potatoes.
The impact o modren fermin techniques an minin haes damagit the natural habitats o indigenous species such as emu, jackrabbit, viscacha an armadillo.
Balcarce is hame tae Argentinae's Naitional Institute o Agricultural Technology, (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria or INTA) an the faculty o agrarian sciences (Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata).
Attractions
[eedit | eedit soorce]Dounsets
[eedit | eedit soorce]Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Juan Manuel Fangio museum (Inglis content)
- (in Spaingie) Municipality wabsteid Archived 2006-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Spaingie) Naitional Institute o Agricultural Technology website Archived 2011-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Spaingie) Faculty o agrarian sciences website
- (in Spaingie) El Semanal newspaper Archived 2019-11-21 at the Wayback Machine