Pehuajó
Pehuajó Location in Argentina
Pehuajó Location in Buenos Aires Province
Coordinates: 35°48′S 61°54′W / 35.8°S 61.9°W / -35.8; -61.9
Country	Argentina
Province	Buenos Aires
Partido	Pehuajó
Founded	July 3, 1881
Elevation	84 m (276 ft)
Population (2001 census [INDEC])
- Total	26,693
CPA Base	B 6450
Area code(s)	+54 2396

Pehuajó is a city in the Pehuajó Partido (Pehuajó district) in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The partido has about 38,400 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC]. The name of this relatively small city is well known in Argentina because of María Elena Walsh's song Manuelita, who is a turtle. There is a dilapidated concrete statute of María Elena Walsh's Manuelita just outside the city.

[edit] References

• (Spanish) Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.
• (Spanish) Municipal website

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