Florentino Ameghino Partido is a partido

Departments of Argentina

Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act...

 in the north-west of Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...

 in Argentina

Argentina

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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 8,000 inhabitants in an area of 1824 km² (704 sq mi), and its capital city is Florentino Ameghino

Florentino Ameghino, Buenos Aires

Florentino Ameghino is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Florentino Ameghino Partido.The town is named after Argentine naturalist, paleontologist, anthropologist and zoologist Florentino Ameghino ....

, which is located 430 km (267 mi) from Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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Name

Florentino Ameghino Partido is named after Argentinian

Argentina

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 naturalist

Natural history

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, paleontologist

Paleontology

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, anthropologist

Anthropology

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 and zoologist

Zoology

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, Florentino Ameghino

Florentino Ameghino

Florentino Ameghino was an Argentine naturalist, paleontologist, anthropologist and zoologist.Born in Luján, son of Italian immigrants, Ameghino was a self-taught naturalist, and focused his study on the lands of the southern Pampas...

 (September 18 1854 – August 6 1911).

Settlements

• Blaquier
• Eduardo Costa
• Florentino Ameghino
  Florentino Ameghino, Buenos Aires
  Florentino Ameghino is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Florentino Ameghino Partido.The town is named after Argentine naturalist, paleontologist, anthropologist and zoologist Florentino Ameghino ....
  
  
• Nueva Suiza
• Porvenir

External links

• Ameghino Partido Website