Altamirano is a town in
Brandsen Partido
Brandsen is a partido in northeastern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. In 2001 the city and district had a population of about 22,500 people. It covers an area of . The capital is also known as Brandsen.
History
Founded on November 21, 1875 it l ...
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.
Rail disaster
On 1 February 1964, it was the site of a head-on train collision in which 70 people were killed.
Population
According to the 2001 census, carried out by the
National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina
The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses ( es, link=no, Instituto Nacional de EstadÃstica y Censos; INDEC) is an Argentine decentralized public body that operates within the Ministry of Economy, which exercises the direction of all of ...
( es, Instituto Nacional de EstadÃstica y Censos, INDEC), the population count was 258. This represents a loss of 3.7% over 268 in 1991 (the previous census).
External links
Coord and NASA, Google images
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
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