Nicolás Descalzi is a rural area in Coronel Dorrego Partido, in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Nicolás Descalzi | |
|---|---|
Locality | |
  Nicolás Descalzi Location in Argentina | |
| Coordinates: 38°26′22.92″S 60°59′24″W / 38.4397000°S 60.99000°W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Buenos Aires |
| Partido | Coronel Dorrego |
| Founded | 1929 |
| Government | |
| • Intendent | Fabián Andrés Zorzano (Civic Coalition-UCR) |
| Elevation | 148 m (486 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | Dispersed rural population |
| Language | |
| Time zone | UTC-03:00 |
| Postal code | 8151 |
| Telephone code | 02921 |
Location
editIt is located 46 km northeast of the city of Coronel Dorrego through a rural road.[1]
History and population
editThe opening of the railway station of the Juan E. Barra - Coronel Dorrego Branch of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway in 1929 led to the formation of the town. The subsequent closure of the railway services in 1961 caused the population decline.[2]
In the Argentine censuses of 2001 and 2010, it was counted as a dispersed rural population.
Namesake
editThe area gets its name from Nicolás Descalzi, an Italian-Argentine explorer.[3]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Localidades de Dorrego". Archived from the original on 26 July 2013.
- ^ "La Soledad después del tren" [Loneliness after the train] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ^ "Quién fue Nicolás Descalzi" [Who was Nicolás Descalzi] (in Spanish).