Country Argentina CPA Base B 7100 Elevation 6 m Local time Thursday 3:15 PM Partido Dolores Partido | Founded 21 August 1817 Area code(s) +54 2245 Population 24,120 (2001) Province Buenos Aires Province | |
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Weather 26°C, Wind SW at 26 km/h, 65% Humidity Points of interest Libres del Sur, Museo Privado Divisadero, Predio Club Social | ||
Dolores is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative centre for Dolores Partido. The town settlement was officially founded by Ramón Lara on 21 August 1817.
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Map of Dolores, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
2008 March train disaster
On March 9, 2008 an intercity bus from the company El Rápido Argentino collided with a Ferrobaires passenger train with 250 passengers on board at a level crossing on the Provincial Highway 63 on the outskirts of Dolores, killing seventeen people and injuring at least twenty-five. The bus driver disregarded the railroad crossing signals, which at the time of the accident were operating properly.
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Dolores, Buenos Aires Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA