General Lamadrid is a town in
Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...
, Argentina. It is the
administrative seat
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lux ...
of
General Lamadrid Partido
General La Madrid is a partido in the central region of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 11,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is General La Madrid.
The Partido and its ...
.
The settlement was founded on February 14, 1890 by provincial law. Before that time it was a small trading center known as Centro La Gama, next to a railroad line (Ferrocarril Roca Sud) since 1883.
It has a summer resort named Balneario Eduardo Baraboglia made on the shores of the Arroyo Salado, 3 km away from the city.
External links
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Municipal website
Local News
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
Populated places established in 1890
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