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Pontevedra, Buenos Aires

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Country
  
Argentina

CPA Base
  
B 1761

Elevation
  
17 m

Population
  
33,515 (2001)

Partido
  
Merlo Partido

Founded
  
1871

Area code(s)
  
+54 220

Province
  
Buenos Aires Province

Local time
  
Thursday 6:49 PM

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Weather
  
24°C, Wind N at 8 km/h, 78% Humidity

Pontevedra is a city located in Merlo Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The town was named after the homonymous city of Pontevedra, Spain.

Map of Pontevedra, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Pontevedra was founded in 1871 by real estate promoters, in the estates belonging to the Irish landlord Thomas Gahan, member of Merlo's first municipal government in 1865.

Pontevedra is a sleepy town surrounded by small truck farms, connected to Merlo, Libertad and González Catán —this one located in the neighboring La Matanza— by Provincial Route 21 (Ruta Provincial 21).

The city is bordered by Parque San Martín and Libertad (north), Mariano Acosta (west), González Catán (east) and Veinte de Junio (south) —both in La Matanza Partido— and Marcos Paz (south).

According to the 2001 census [INDEC], the population was 33,515.

References

Pontevedra, Buenos Aires Wikipedia