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La Pampa
La Pampa is a province of Argentina, located in the pampas in the middle of the country. The capital is Santa Rosa. The province has a population of 299,294 (2001), and covers an area of 143,440 km². Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Luis, Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Río Negro, Neuquén and Mendoza.
La Pampa has a Mediterranean climate, with more precipitation in the northeast of the province, where grain, soya beans and sunflowers (for safflower oil) are grown. The flat open grasslands of La Pampa are devoted to stock-raising.
In 1952 the La Pampa territory was renamed in honor of Eva Perón, and also became a province. In 1955 both La Pampa and Chaco, the province renamed for Juan Perón at the same time, were renamed back to the original names. Despite of its geographical reality, in june, 1996 La Pampa become one of the founding provinces of the Region Patagónica group.
Luro, at Santa Rosa, is an early 20th-century estancia now open as a Provincial Reserve.
The province is divided in 22 departments (Spanish: departamentos).
Department (Capital)
- Atreuco (Macachín)
- Caleu Caleu (La Adela)
- Capital (Santa Rosa)
- Catriló (Catriló)
- Chalileo (Santa Isabel)
- Chapaleufú (Intendente Alvear)
- Chical Có (Algarrobo del Aguila)
- Conhelo (Eduardo Castex)
- Curacó (Puelches)
- Guatraché (Guatraché)
- Huncal (Bernasconi)
- Lihué Calel (Cuchillo-Co)
- Limay Mahuida (Limay Mahuida)
- Loventué (Victorica)
- Maracó (General Pico)
- Puelén (Veinticinco de Mayo)
- Quemú Quemú (Quemú Quemú)
- Rancul (Parera)
- Realicó (Realicó)
- Toay (Toay)
- Trenel (Trenel)
- Utracán (General Acha)
List of Governors (In Spanish: Lista de Governadores)
|
Territorial period (Spanish: Período territorial) 1886-1951 |
|
| Gral. Juan Ayala(1885-1890) | Sr. Jorge Moore |
| Gral Eduardo Pico(1891-1899) | Dr. Oscar Gómez Palmés |
| Dr. José Luro(1899-1901) | Sr. Segundo Gallo |
| Dr Tomás Luque(1901-1902) | Sr. Evaristo Pérez Virasoro |
| Dr. Diego González | Gral Brigada(RE) Miguel Duval |
| Sr. Felipe Centeno | Dr. Juan L. Páez |
| Tte. Cnel Baldomero Tellez | Dr. Juan Carlos Neveu |
| Period Province (Período Provincial) | Governor (Gobernador) | Type (Tipo) |
| 1951 to 1955 | S. Ananía | GD |
| 1955 | C. Barrantes and F. Garmendia | F |
| 1956 | F. Garmendia, V. Arriaga and T. Wynne | F |
| 1957 to 1958 | T. Wynne | F |
| 1958 | A. Celesia* e I. Amit* | * |
| 1959 | I. Amit* y C. Lagomarsino* | * |
| 1960 | C. Lagomarsino* e I. Amit | *GD |
| 1961 to 1962 | I. Amit | GD |
| 1962 | C. Pensotti | F |
| 1962 to 1963 | A. Méndez | F |
| 1963 to 1966 | I. Amit | GD |
| 1966 | C. Granada | F |
| 1967 | C. González and De Campos | F |
| 1968 to 1971 | C. Gouzden | F |
| 1971 | A. Conte | F |
| 1971 to 1973 | A. Trapaglia | F |
| 1973 to 1976 | J. Regazzoli | GD |
| 1976 | C. Iriart and G. Aguirre | F |
| 1977 | G. Aguirre | F |
| 1978 | G. Aguirre and G. Etchegoyen | F |
| 1979 to 1980 | G. Etchegoyen | F |
| 1981 | G. Etchegoyen and R. Telleriarte | F |
| 1982 | R. Telleriarte | F |
| 1983 | R. Telleriarte and A. Fraire | F |
| 1983 to 1987 | R. Marín | GD |
| 1987 to 1991 | N. Ahuad | GD |
| 1991 to 1995 | R. Marín | GD |
| 1995 to 2003 | R. Marín | GD |
| 2003 to present | C. Verna | GD |
Types:
* National Inspector (Interventor Nacional)
F: Military Government (Gobierno de Facto)
GD: Government Democratic (Gobierno Democrático)
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