Punta Alta
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Punta Alta is a city in 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...

, about 20 kilometers southeast of Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca is a city located in the south-west of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, and seat of government of Bahía Blanca Partido. It has a population of 274,509 inhabitants according to the...

. It has a population of 57,296. It is the capital ("cabecera") of the Coronel Rosales Partido
Coronel Rosales Partido
Coronel Rosales Partido is a partido located on the southern coast of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.The provincial subdivision has a population of about 61,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Punta Alta, which is located around from Buenos Aires.-Attractions:The coastal...

. It was founded on July 2, 1898.

The city is located near the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

, neighbouring the Puerto Belgrano
Puerto Belgrano
Base Naval Puerto Belgrano is the largest naval base of the Argentine Navy, situated next to Punta Alta, near Bahía Blanca, about south of Buenos Aires...

 naval base, which is home to the Argentine Naval fleet.

Sport

The town is home to the Rosario Puerto Belgrano and Sporting Punta Alta
Sporting Punta Alta
Club Atlético Sporting are an Argentine Football club, their home town is Punta Alta, in the Coronel Rosales Partido of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. They played in Argentino B until 2009 when they resigned from the league....

 football team. The basketballers Jorge Faggiano and Daniel Dario Arenas was born in Punta Alta.

External links

COMPRE EN PUNTA. La guia de Punta Alta website Punta Alta website Toda la información de Punta Alta Punta Alta historic archive Punta Alta 1898-1941 Brief history of Puerto Belgrano Municipal website
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