Florentino Ameghino Partido

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Florentino Ameghino
Partido de Florentino Ameghino
Bandera de Ameghino.svg
Argentina - Buenos Aires - Florentino Ameghino.svg
location of Florentino Ameghino Partido in Buenos Aires Province
Coordinates: 34°49′S62°47′W / 34.817°S 62.783°W / -34.817; -62.783
Country Argentina
EstablishedMarch 21, 1991
Seat Florentino Ameghino
Government
  MayorAndrea Fabiana García (PJ)
Area
  Total1,824 km2 (704 sq mi)
Population
  Total8,171
  Density4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
Demonym ameghinense
Postal Code
B6064
IFAM
Area Code03388
Website www.ameghino.gov.ar

Florentino Ameghino Partido is a partido in the northwest of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.

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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 8,000 inhabitants in an area of 1,824 km2 (704 sq mi), and its capital city is Florentino Ameghino, which is 430 km (267 mi) from Buenos Aires.

Name

Florentino Ameghino Partido is named after Argentine naturalist, paleontologist, anthropologist and zoologist Florentino Ameghino.

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