Economy
The economy of Tornquist is dominated by farming, the main agricultural products are: wheat, barley, oats, maize, sunflower, soybeans and sorghum.
There is also large scale production of beef and dairy products, and smaller scale production of pork, chicken, sheep and honey.
Buenos Aires, officially the Buenos Aires Province, is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of the province and the province's capital until it was federalized in 1880. Since then, in spite of bearing the same name, the province does not include Buenos Aires proper, though it does include all other parts of the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. The capital of the province is the city of La Plata, founded in 1882.
Lomas de Zamora is a partido (district) of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, and part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban agglomeration.
Avellaneda is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It has an area of 55.17 km² (21.3 sq mi) and a population of 663,953 in 2001. Its administrative seat is the city of Avellaneda.
A partido is the second-level administrative subdivision only in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. They are formally considered to be a single administrative unit, usually contain one or more population centers, and are divided into localidades. The subdivision in partidos in Buenos Aires Province is distinct from all other provinces of Argentina, which call their second-level subdivisions departamento and are further subdivided into distinct municipalities.
San Antonio de Areco is a partido (county) in the north of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
Villa Gesell Partido is a partido on the Atlantic coast of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.
La Matanza is a partido located in the urban agglomeration of Greater Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
Berisso Partido is a small eastern partido of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.
Balcarce Partido is a partido of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.
Ensenada Partido is a district of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, belonging to the Greater La Plata area, just south of the Gran Buenos Aires urban conglomerate.
Necochea is a coastal partido and city area in the southeast of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The seat of the municipality is the port of Necochea.
Coronel Dorrego Partido is a partido on the southern coast of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.
General Arenales Partido is a partido on the northern border of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.
Pilar Partido is a partido in the northern part of Greater Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
San Nicolás de los Arroyos Partido is the northernmost partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
Sierra de La Ventana is a village in Tornquist Partido in the southwest of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. With a population of 1,819 inhabitants, it is one of the most attractive tourist centres in the Province and has numerous recreation areas and parks.
Ernesto Carlos Tornquist was an Argentinian entrepreneur and businessman, considered to be one of the most important entrepreneurs in Argentina at the end of the 19th century. The diversified business empire he created played a key role in helping to link Argentina with the trading and financial systems of the first world. Amongst many other achievements, he founded the Tornquist Bank, the Plaza Hotel in Buenos Aires, the partido of Tornquist and Tornquist its main city, in the south of Buenos Aires Province.
Tornquist is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Tornquist Partido.
The Sierra de la Ventana is a mountain range in Buenos Aires Province, and one of only two located within the Pampas ecosystem.
Cerro Tres Picos is the highest point of the Sierra de la Ventana mountain range in the province of Buenos Aires. As such, it is also the highest point in Buenos Aires province, as well as in the pampas region.
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