Guaminí
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History
The area was first occupied by Europeans during the Conquest of the DesertConquest of the Desert
The Conquest of the Desert was a military campaign directed mainly by General Julio Argentino Roca in the 1870s, which established Argentine dominance over Patagonia, which was inhabited by indigenous peoples...
. The first settlement in the location was founded on March 30, 1876 and called Santa María de Guaminí. On March 28, 1883 the settlement was officially founded with the name Guaminí.