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Viedma

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capital of Río Negro Province, Argentina

Key facts

Country
Argentina
Province
Río Negro
Department
Adolfo Alsina
Established
22 April 1779
Intendant
Pedro Pesatti ( Together We Are Río Negro )
Elevation
12 m (39 ft)
Total
57,341
Time zone
UTC−3 ( ART )
Postal code
R8500
Climate
BSk
Website
Official website

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Encyclopedic overview

Viedma ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbjeðma]) is the capital and fourth largest city of the Río Negro Province, in northern Patagonia, Argentina. The city has 57,341 inhabitants (2022 Census - final result), and is located on the southern margin of the Negro River, about 30 kilometres off the Atlantic Coast, and 960 km from the city of Buenos Aires on the National Route 3.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viedma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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