Pontevedra is a
city
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located in
Merlo Partido,
Buenos Aires Province
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, Argentina. The town was named after the homonymous city of
Pontevedra
Pontevedra (, ) is a city in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. It is the capital of both the ''Pontevedra (comarca), Comarca'' and Province of Pontevedra, and the capital of the Rías Baixas. It is als ...
,
Spain
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.
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 small town surrounded by small
truck farms, connected to
Merlo,
Libertad and
González Catán .
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 , the population was 33,515.
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City of Pontevedra
Merlo Partido
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
Populated places established in 1871
1871 establishments in Argentina
Cities in Argentina
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