Necochea is a coastal partido

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 and city area in the south-east of the Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

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, Argentina

Argentina

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. The seat of the municipality is the port of Necochea

Necochea

Necochea is a port city in the southwest of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located on the Atlantic coast, on the edge of the Quequén Grande river, from Buenos Aires City and southwest from Mar del Plata...

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The partido has a population of around 89,000 people, in an area of 4,455 km². In the census of 2001 Neochea Partido had a population density of exactly 20.00 inhabitants per square kilometre.

Geography

As of 2001 the district had about 90,000 inhabitants. The district covers an area of 4.455 km² and lies about 530 kilometres south of Buenos Aires

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History

The partido was founded on July 19, 1865 and the settlement was founded on October 12, 1881 by Ángel Ignacio Murga.

The town of Necochea obtained its status as a city on July 26, 1911.

Geography

The partido has a salt-water lake known as El Lago de los Cisnes, (Necochea Lake).

Economy

The economy of Necochea benefits from an influx of tourists from Gran Buenos Aires during the summer vacation season (December–February).

The main elements of the non-tourist economy are farming, the production of agricultural chemicals and biodeisel.

Settlements

• Necochea
  Necochea
  Necochea is a port city in the southwest of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located on the Atlantic coast, on the edge of the Quequén Grande river, from Buenos Aires City and southwest from Mar del Plata...
  
  
• Balneario Los Ángeles
• Balneario Costa Bonita
• Energía
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• La Dulce
• Juan Nepomuceno Fernández
• Ramón Santamarina y Claraz