Rivadavia is a partido in the northwest of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on the border with La Pampa Province. It has an area of , and a population of 15,452 ().
The partido, created in 1910, has the town of América as its capital, and its main economic activities are cattle, and the cultivation of wheat, maize and soya beans.
Name
The partido is named in honour of Bernardino Rivadavia, a veteran of the Argentine War of Independence and President of Argentina 1826–1827.
Towns and Villages América (capital, or cabecera, population 10,361, ) Badano Cerrito Condarco Fortín Olavarría (population 1.005, ) González Moreno (population 1,663, ) Mira Pampa (population 54, ) Roosevelt (population 288, ) San Mauricio (population 28, ) Sansinena, Buenos Aires (population 468, ) Sumblad (population 96) Vadano Valentín Gómez () Villa Sena
External links
América Digital - portal (Spanish)