Necochea is a port city in the southwest of the province of Buenos Aires

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...

, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, located on the Atlantic coast, on the edge of the Quequén Grande river, 528 km (328 mi) from Buenos Aires City

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

 and 120 km (75 mi) southwest from Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"...

. It has 89,000 inhabitants as per the and it is the seat of government for Necochea Partido

Necochea Partido

Necochea is a coastal partido and city area in the south-east of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The seat of the municipality is the port of Necochea.The partido has a population of around 89,000 people, in an area of 4,455 km²...

, a partido

Partido

A partido is an administrative subdivision of the . They are formally considered to be a single municipality, and usually contain one or more population centers...

 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...

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On the mouth of the Quequen river, the port of Quequen, one of the most important ports in Argentina, is the gateway for the agricultural production of the southeast of the Province of Buenos Aires.

The majority of inhabitants of Necochea are Argentines, but throughout the years a large number of Danes have settled there. There are smaller "pueblos" or communities in Necochea mainly founded by Danes and other Nordic settlers.

Settlements

• Quequen
• Juan N.Fernandez
• Nicanor Olivera (Est. LaDulce)
• Claraz
• Ramon Santamarina
• Balneario Los Angeles
• Costa Bonita

External links

• Necochea24 Daily news from Necochea.