Coronel Rosales | |
Native Name: | Partido de Coronel Rosales |
Settlement Type: | Department |
Coordinates: | -38.8667°N -67°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Argentina |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | October 15, 1948 |
Founder: | provincial law |
Seat Type: | Seat |
Seat: | Punta Alta |
Leader Party: | Partido Vecinalista |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Néstor Hugo Starc |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1312 |
Population Total: | 60,892 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | rosaleño |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | B8109 |
Postal2 Code Type: | IFAM |
Postal2 Code: | BUE029 |
Area Code Type: | Area Code |
Area Code: | 02932 |
Website: | http://www.coronelrosales.gov.ar |
Coronel Rosales Partido is a partido 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 13120NaN0, and its capital city is Punta Alta, which is around 6500NaN0 from Buenos Aires.
The coastal village of Pehuen Có is popular with tourists from Gran Buenos Aires and it benefits from a beautiful beach, woodlands, a shipwreck, and some interesting fossils.
The city of Punta Alta is home to Sporting Punta Alta, a football club that play in the regionalised 4th Division of Argentinian football.