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Pontevedra, Buenos Aires

Coordinates: 34°45′S 58°42′W / 34.750°S 58.700°W / -34.750; -58.700
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Pontevedra
Coat of arms of Pontevedra
Pontevedra is located in Greater Buenos Aires
Pontevedra
Pontevedra
Coordinates: 34°45′S 58°42′W / 34.750°S 58.700°W / -34.750; -58.700
Country Argentina
Province Buenos Aires
PartidoMerlo
Founded1871
Elevation
17 m (56 ft)
Population
 (2001 census [INDEC])
 • Total33,515
CPA Base
B 1761
Area code+54 220

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

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.

First school in Pontevedra, opened in the last decade of 19th century.

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

Church dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, city of Pontevedra.
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