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Olavarría is a city in the
provinceArgentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city...
of
Buenos AiresThe Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
,
ArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, located. It is the capital of the
Olavarría PartidoOlavarría Partido is a partido located in the central region of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.The provincial subdivision has a population of about 104,000 inhabitants in an area of 7,715 km², and its capital city is Olavarría, which is located around 350 km from Buenos...
and has over 111,320 inhabitants, per the .
The settlement was officially founded on November 25, 1867, and named in honour of Coronel José Valentín de Olavarría (1801–1845), an early Argentine military leader.
External links
Municipal website Olavarria online news El Popular, local newspaper Ciudad de Olavarría: Información, museos, etc Olavarria Rock