Pontevedra
Coat of arms
Pontevedra Location in Greater Buenos Aires
Coordinates: 34°45′S 58°42′W / 34.75°S 58.7°W / -34.75; -58.7
Country	Argentina
Province	Buenos Aires
Partido	Merlo
Founded	1871
Elevation	17 m (56 ft)
Population (2001 census [INDEC])
- Total	33,515
CPA Base	B 1761
Area code(s)	+54 220

Pontevedra is a city located in Merlo Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The town was named after the homonymous city of Pontevedra, Spain.

Pontevedra was founded in 1871 by real estate promoters, in the estates belonging to the Irish landlord Thomas Gahan, member of Merlo's first municipal government in 1865.

First school in Pontevedra, opened in the last decade of 19 century.

Pontevedra is a sleepy town surrounded by small truck farms, connected to Merlo, Libertad and González Catán —this one located in the neighboring La Matanza— by Provincial Route 21 (Ruta Provincial 21).

The city is bordered by Parque San Martín and Libertad (north), Mariano Acosta (west), González Catán (east) and Veinte de Junio (south) —both in La Matanza Partido— and Marcos Paz (south).

According to the 2001 census [INDEC], the population was 33,515.

Church dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, city of Pontevedra.

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) City of Pontevedra

Coordinates: 34°45′00″S 58°42′04″W / 34.75°S 58.70111°W / -34.75; -58.70111

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