Pomona is a small village on the Choele Choel Island in the Avellaneda Department in the

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, in

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. It was already a crossing point for the

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to the island in 1890, when it was known as ''Paso Peñalva'', on the way to

Choele Choel Choele Choel is the capital of the department of Avellaneda in the Argentine province of Río Negro, and the most important settlement within the ''Valle Medio'' ("Middle Valley") agricultural area of the Río Negro River in Patagonia. Overview ...

. It was formally founded in 1933 and named after the goddess Pomona, because of its gardens. Provincial Primary School #7 is located there, containing an agrotechnic school and a municipal library. In the Pomona area, there are farms that cultivate mainly pears and apples, but also peaches and trees for wood. Its closest city is Lamarque, to which is connected by the National Route 250.

References

Localidades del Valle Medio:Pomona

"De Paso Peñalva"
- Diario Río Negro
Census data 2013
Diario Río Negro Populated places in Río Negro Province Populated places established in 1933 {{RíoNegroAR-geo-stub