General Pico - General Pico

General Pico
Municipality of General Pico.jpg
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CountryArgentina's flagArgentina
Distances125 km to Santa Rosa
227 km to General Acha
571 km to Buenos Aires
DemonymPiquense
Demographic data
Population57.669 (2010)
FoundationNovember 11, 1905
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Time zone UTC-3
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General Pico is a city in the province of The Pampa, head of the Maracó department and second in importance after the capital Santa Rosa. Founded in 1905 by Don Eduardo de Chapeaurouge, a prominent surveyor of the time, its name refers to General Eduardo Gustavo Pico, who was governor of the province (at that time national territory) in the 19th century.

To get

By plane

By train

By car

By bus

Travel

Watch

Main Church or Parish Temple of Our Lady of La Merced.

Near the city is the "Delfín Perez Recreational Park" (ex La Arocena Lagoon,) of approximately 150 hectares of surface, suitable for recreational activities, nautical sports and fishing.

Do

sports

Within the city there is a racecourse, aerodrome, flying club and five sports social clubs with extensive facilities for carrying out various sports activities.

You can attend a basketball game for one of its two clubs:

  • Pico Foot Ball Club, of outstanding passage through the National Basketball League.
  • Independiente de Pico, National League Champion in the 1994/1995 season and South American Champion in 1996.

To buy

To eat

Drink and go out

Sleep

  • 1  Euskadi Hotel, Calle 22 N ° 776. 54 2302 42-2760, 54 2302 43-2863.
  • 2  Hotel Caui, 9 West N ° 192 (corner with 104th street). 54 2302 42 1435, : .

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