Santa Rosa, Argentina

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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 inhabitants (2001 census [INDEC]); around a third of the 299,294 inhabitants of the province. Its current mayor is Néstor Ricardo Alcala.

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.

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 Raúl Soldi, Antonio Berni, Quinquela Martín and other important Argentine painters) and the Provincial Natural History Museum.

The Santa Rosa Airport 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.

External links

[Santa Rosa Municipality] (Spanish)
[Tourism] (English)

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