General Roca is a city in the northeast of the Argentine province of Río Negro, northern Patagonia. This is a list of cities in Argentina. ... Argentina consists of 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 federal district (Capital Federal *). Capital Federal * Buenos Aires Catamarca Chaco Chubut Córdoba Corrientes Entre Ríos Formosa Jujuy La Pampa La Rioja Mendoza Misiones Neuquén Río Negro Salta San Juan San Luis Santa Cruz Santa Fe Santiago... Río Negro is a province of Argentina, located at the northern edge of Patagonia. ... Departments (Spanish: departamentos) form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter, is a measure of length. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... Argentina made major changes to its telephone numbering plan in 1999, after its telephone system was privatized. ... The Argentine postal code is a system that assigns at least an unique alphanumeric postal codes to each municipality. ... ISO 3166-2:AR is an ISO standard which defines geocodes: it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Argentina. ... Argentina consists of 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 federal district (Capital Federal *). Capital Federal * Buenos Aires Catamarca Chaco Chubut Córdoba Corrientes Entre Ríos Formosa Jujuy La Pampa La Rioja Mendoza Misiones Neuquén Río Negro Salta San Juan San Luis Santa Cruz Santa Fe Santiago... Río Negro is a province of Argentina, located at the northern edge of Patagonia. ... Patagonia is that portion of South America which, to the east of the Andes, lies south of the Neuquén River and Colorado rivers, and, to the west of the Andes, south of (42°S). ...

It was founded on September 1, 1879 by Coronel Lorenzo Vintter during the Conquest of the Desert. In 1899 it was destroyed by a flooding of the Río Negro, and had to be re-built 5 kilometres west in higher lands. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Conquest of the Desert (Spanish: Conquista del desierto) was a controversial campaign by the Argentine government, executed mainly by General Julio Argentino Roca, to wrest Patagonia from the control of the regions aboriginal tribes at the end of the 19th century. ... // Negro River (Spanish: Río Negro) is the most important river of the Argentine province of Río Negro. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ...

Its present population is of around 78,000 inhabitants (as per the 2001 census [INDEC]), making it the second most populated city in the province after Viedma, and the second most important at the Alto Valle after Neuquén. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... National Statistics and Censuses Institute (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, INDEC) is the Argentine government agency responsible for the collection and processing of statistical data. ... Viedma is the capital city of the Argentine province of Río Negro and the Adolfo Alsina Department of that province. ... Neuquén is the capital city of the Argentine province of Neuquén, located at coordinates , , on the east of the province at the junction of the Limay and Neuquén rivers. ...

The main activity around the city is the intensive agriculture under irrigation, which made possible an intense agro-industrial activity. The main crops are pears and apples. The city hosts the annual National Festival of the Apple. Species About 30 species, including: Pyrus amygdaliformis Pyrus austriaca Pyrus balansae Pyrus betulifolia Pyrus bourgaeana Pyrus bretschneideri Pyrus calleryana Pyrus caucasica Pyrus communis Pyrus cordata Pyrus cossonii Pyrus elaeagrifolia Pyrus fauriei Pyrus kawakamii Pyrus korshinskyi Pyrus lindleyi Pyrus nivalis Pyrus pashia Pyrus persica Pyrus phaeocarpa Pyrus pyraster Pyrus pyrifolia Pyrus... Binomial name Malus domestica Borkh. ...

General Roca, named after Julio A. Roca, is located some 1,200 km from Buenos Aires, 505 km from Bahía Blanca, 513 from Viedma and 400 km from the deepwater port of San Antonio Este. The city is connected to the east by Argentine National Route 22, and is also crossed by provincial routes 6 and 65, which connect it to other cities in the Alto Valle, with the south of the province, and with the La Pampa Province. Through the centre of the city drives the wide rail train lane that joins Zapala with Bahía Blanca and Buenos Aires. The local airport connects General Roca with other points of the country, mainly with Buenos Aires and Mendoza. Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz (1843 -1914) was President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... Buenos Aires (English: Fair Winds, originally Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires, City of the Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as... Bahía Blanca is a city in Buenos Aires Province, eastern Argentina, and a seaport at the head of the Bahia Blanca (White Bay - an arm of the Atlantic Ocean) at the mouth of the River Naposta. ... Viedma is the capital city of the Argentine province of Río Negro and the Adolfo Alsina Department of that province. ... La Pampa is a province of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the centre of the country. ... Zapala is a city in the Patagonic province of Neuquén, Argentina. ... Mendoza is a city in the west of Argentina, and the capital of the Mendoza Province. ...

Together with Villa Regiona, Allen, Cipolletti, Neuquén and many other smaller towns, they constitute the lineal urbanisation of the Alto Valle of the Negro River. Besides apple and pear, there are vineyards, peache, and other fruits and vegetables. Within the industrial sector highlight the fabrication of refrigerating storehouses, fruit and vegetable packaging, and other agricultural related industries. Cipolletti is a city in north of the Patagonic province of Río Negro, Argentina, with 75,078 inhabitants as of the ‍2001 census [INDEC]. The city is located on the north-eastern shore of the Neuquén River, just before it is joined by the Limay River to form... Neuquén is the capital city of the Argentine province of Neuquén, located at coordinates , , on the east of the province at the junction of the Limay and Neuquén rivers. ... // Negro River (Spanish: Río Negro) is the most important river of the Argentine province of Río Negro. ...

External links

• Municipality of General Roca (Spanish)
• General Roca at Interpatagonia.com
• General Roca at WelcomeArgentina.com
• Information on the General Roca area (Spanish)
• Municipal information - Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.