Trenque Lauquen
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Trenque Lauquen is a city in the west of the province
of Buenos Aires
, Argentina
, 444 km (276 mi) from Buenos Aires City
and 80 km (50 mi) from the border with the province of La Pampa
, on the intersection of National Routes 5 and 33. Trenque Lauquen is the only city of the district (partido) of the same name, and has a population of about 40,000 inhabitants as per the .
The name of the city means "Round Lagoon". It was founded on 12 April 1876 by the advancing troops of Colonel Conrado Excelso Villegas, under orders from the Minister of War Adolfo Alsina
, as the center of operations of the North Division of the Border Commandancy, during the Conquest of the Desert
(the campaign to subject the territories occupied by aboriginal tribes to the government of Buenos Aires). The partido was officially created on 1886-07-28.
Provinces of Argentina
Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city...
of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires Province
The 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...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , 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...
, 444 km (276 mi) from Buenos Aires City
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
and 80 km (50 mi) from the border with the province of La Pampa
La Pampa Province
La Pampa is a sparsely populated province of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Luis, Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Río Negro, Neuquén and Mendoza.-History:...
, on the intersection of National Routes 5 and 33. Trenque Lauquen is the only city of the district (partido) of the same name, and has a population of about 40,000 inhabitants as per the .
The name of the city means "Round Lagoon". It was founded on 12 April 1876 by the advancing troops of Colonel Conrado Excelso Villegas, under orders from the Minister of War Adolfo Alsina
Adolfo Alsina
Adolfo Alsina Maza was an Argentine lawyer and Unitarian politician, and one of the founders of the Partido Autonomista and the National Autonomist Party.-Biography:...
, as the center of operations of the North Division of the Border Commandancy, during the Conquest of the Desert
Conquest of the Desert
The Conquest of the Desert was a military campaign directed mainly by General Julio Argentino Roca in the 1870s, which established Argentine dominance over Patagonia, which was inhabited by indigenous peoples...
(the campaign to subject the territories occupied by aboriginal tribes to the government of Buenos Aires). The partido was officially created on 1886-07-28.