Rivadavia Partido

Rivadavia Partido is a local administrative district, or partido, in the northwestern part of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It lies along the provincial border with La Pampa and covers approximately 3,940 square kilometres. The district was created in 1910 and is named after Bernardino Rivadavia, an Argentine independence-era figure who served as president of Argentina from 1826 to 1827. Its administrative center, or cabecera, is the town of América. The partido is a predominantly rural territory whose economy is associated with livestock raising and the cultivation of wheat, maize, and soybeans. Its geographic position places it within the productive agricultural and livestock zone of western Buenos Aires Province, while its settlement pattern consists of a principal town surrounded by smaller villages and rural localities. The district's identity is therefore primarily civic, territorial, and administrative rather than commercial: the name identifies the local government and the territory it administers, not a consumer product or privately owned company. América is the largest settlement and the seat of the municipal administration. Other named localities and villages include Badano, Cerrito, Condarco, Fortín Olavarría, González Moreno, Mira Pampa, Roosevelt, San Mauricio, Sansinena, Sumblad, Vadano, Valentín Gómez, and Villa Sena. Population is distributed unevenly across these communities, with América functioning as the principal service and administrative center. The 2001 census recorded 15,452 residents for the partido; no more recent population figure is supplied in the reference material used for this entry. The municipality's official website provides a public-facing channel for local government information and services. Because Rivadavia Partido is an administrative jurisdiction rather than a conventional commercial brand, there are no documented consumer product lines, stock-market listing, corporate parent, or brand campaigns in the available material. Its public significance derives from territorial administration, local services, agricultural production, and the network of communities within its boundaries.

Rivadavia Partido was established in 1910 as a partido of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. The district takes its name from Bernardino Rivadavia, a prominent figure in the Argentine War of Independence and the country's president during 1826–1827. The naming follows a common Argentine practice of honoring important national political and historical figures through administrative jurisdictions and civic institutions. The partido occupies the northwestern sector of Buenos Aires Province and borders La Pampa Province. Its territory extends across approximately 3,940 square kilometres, giving it a largely rural character. América was designated as the administrative capital, or cabecera, and developed as the district's principal urban, governmental, and service center. The settlement network also includes a series of smaller towns, villages, and rural localities distributed across the partido. Economic activity has historically been connected to the land. Cattle raising is one of the district's principal activities, alongside the cultivation of wheat, maize, and soybeans. These activities place Rivadavia within the broader agricultural economy of western Buenos Aires Province. The combination of extensive territory, dispersed settlements, and farming and livestock production has shaped the practical role of the local government, whose jurisdiction encompasses both the main town and outlying communities. The population is concentrated most heavily in América, while smaller communities such as González Moreno, Fortín Olavarría, Sansinena, Roosevelt, and other localities contribute to the partido's regional identity. The 2001 INDEC census recorded 15,452 inhabitants. The available reference material does not provide later census data, detailed institutional history, or a chronology of individual municipal administrations. Consequently, the documented history of Rivadavia Partido is best understood through its creation as a 1910 partido, its historical namesake, its territorial location, its capital at América, and its continuing agricultural and civic functions.

• 2001

  Population recorded by the national census

  [1]Rivadavia Partidoen.wikipedia.org

  The INDEC census recorded 15,452 residents in the partido.

• 1910

  Creation of Rivadavia Partido

  [1]Rivadavia Partidoen.wikipedia.org

  Rivadavia Partido was created as an administrative partido in Buenos Aires Province.

A local-government and territorial identity representing the administration, communities, and agricultural economy of Rivadavia Partido in Buenos Aires Province.

1. 1Rivadavia Partidoen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Municipality of Rivadavia official websitemunirivadavia.gob.ar