Santa Rosa is a city in the Argentine Pampas, and the capital of La Pampa Province, Argentina, that lays on the shore of the Don Tomás Lagoon. The city (94,340) and surroundings hold 102,610 inhabitanst (2001 census [INDEC]); around a third of the 299,294 inhabitants of the province. Its current mayor is Néstor Ricardo Alcala. The pampas (from Quechua for plain) are the fertile lowlands that extend across c. ... La Pampa is a province of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the centre of the country. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 1870 US Census for New York City 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. ...

Founded in 1892 by Tomás Mason, it didn't develop into a relatively important agricultural centre until the second half of the 20th century. Nevertheless, its still one of the smallest provincial capitals of the country after Patagonian Rawson, Ushuaia and Viedma. 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... 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). ... Rawson is the name of two towns in the United States: Rawson, North Dakota Rawson, Ohio Rawson is the name of the capital of Chubut Province in Argentina Rawson, Chubut, Argentina This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The city of Ushuaia in early spring. ... Viedma is the capital city of the Argentine province of Río Negro and the Adolfo Alsina Department of that province. ...

City sights include the Fitte neighbourhood (1930), the monument to San Martín, the Palace of Justice, the Teatro Español Theatre (1908), the Provincial Art Museum (with paintings by Soldi, Berni, Quinquela Martín and other important Argentine painter) and the Provincial Natural History Museum. José Francisco de San Martín (25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850) was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the successful struggle for independence from Spain of the southern nations of South America. ... Quinquela Martín Benito Quinquela Martín (March 1(?), 1890 — January 28, 1977) was an Argentine painter born in La Boca, Buenos Aires. ...

The Santa Rosa Airport (IATA: RSA, ICAO: SAZR) at coordinates 36°35′30'″S, 64°16′42″W is located 2 kilometres from Santa Rosa on Route 35, and serves regular flights to Buenos Aires and Bahía Blanca. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... 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. ...

External links

• Santa Rosa Municipality (Spanish)
• Tourism (English)