Rivadavia is a partido in the northwest of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on the border with La Pampa Province. It has an area of 3,940 square kilometres (1,520 sq mi), and a population of 15,452 (2001 census [INDEC]).

Rivadavia Partido de Rivadavia
Partido
Coat of arms
location of Rivadavia Partido in Buenos Aires Province
Coordinates: 35°29′S 62°59′W
Country	Argentina
Province	Buenos Aires
Established	September 30, 1910
Founded by	provincial law 3273
Seat	América
Government
• Mayor	Javier Reynoso (Juntos por el Cambio)
Area
• Total	3,940 km2 (1,520 sq mi)
Population
• Total	15,452
• Density	3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	rivadaviense
Postal Code	B6237
IFAM	BUE104
Area Code	2337
Website	munirivadavia.gov.ar

The partido, created in 1910, has the town of América as its capital, and its main economic activities are cattle, and the cultivation of wheat, maize and soya beans.

Name

The partido is named in honour of Bernardino Rivadavia, a veteran of the Argentine War of Independence and President of Argentina 1826–1827.

Towns and Villages

• América (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)

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[ru] Ривадавия (муниципалитет)