Laprida Partido
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Laprida
| native_name = Partido de Laprida
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| settlement_type = Department
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| image_flag = Bandera del Partido de Laprida.svg
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| image_blank_emblem = Laprida municipio logo.png
| blank_emblem_type = Logo
| blank_emblem_size = 80
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| image_map = Argentina - Buenos Aires - Laprida.svg
| map_alt =
| map_caption = location of Laprida Partido in Buenos Aires Province
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| coordinates = {{coord|36|02|S|59|06|W}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Argentina
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| established_title = Established
| established_date = September 16, 1889
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| seat_type = Seat
| seat = Laprida
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| leader_party = PJ
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Alfredo Fisher
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 3340
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| population_total = 9683
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = lapridense
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| postal_code_type = Postal Code
| postal_code = B7414
| postal2_code_type = IFAM
| postal2_code = [http://www.mininterior.gov.ar/municipios/masinfo.php?municipio=BUE068 BUE068]
| area_code_type = Area Code
| area_code = 02285
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| website ={{URL|https://www.laprida.gov.ar/|laprida.gov.ar}}
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Laprida Partido is a partido in central Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 9,600 inhabitants in an area of {{convert|3340|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}. Its capital city is Laprida, {{convert|480|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} from Buenos Aires on the Ferrocarril General Roca railway line to Olavarría and on provincial routes RP 51, RP 75, RP 76 and RP 86. It sits on fertile pampas land, and its main economy is agriculture.
It is named after Francisco Narciso Laprida, president of the Congreso de Tucumán, and co-signer of Argentina's Independence Declaration in 1816.
Geography
=Climate=
==Temperature==
Laprida's climate is humid-temperate, with an average temperature of {{convert|22|°C|°F|0}} in summer (average max. {{convert|30|°C|°F|0}}), and {{convert|6|°C|°F|0}} in winter (average min. {{convert|1|°C|°F|1}}), with an annual mean of {{convert|14|°C|°F|0}}.
Relative humidity is 60%, with the most humid month being July with 67%, and the driest in December at 50%.
==Rain==
The area is catalogued as subhumid-dry, with a record high yearly precipitation in 1980 at {{convert|1268|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} (although this record was beaten 2006), annual monthly media of {{convert|88|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} with a tendency to reach {{convert|900|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} ({{convert|858|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in 1996).
During dry cycles, the wet season is summer, with March being the wettest month at {{convert|106|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} of precipitation and August being the driest month with an average of {{convert|32|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}. During humid cycles, the wet season moves to the end of spring (October and November).
==Soil==
Laprida Partido is on an extended plain with low wavy terrain in areas, and no rivers or streams, but with a few small lakes and no flooding areas. The soil is mainly alkaline with low permeability and low vegetation, and is apt for agriculture.
===Relief===
It sits on Pampa Deprimida ("low pampas"), from the Río Salado, but in a higher topographic zone, along with the Partidos of General Lamadrid and Benito Juárez.
Basque presence in Laprida
The Basques have been an important immigration group since the foundation of the partido and the city, working mainly in agriculture and cattle raising, commerce and services.{{in lang|es}} [http://www.euskosare.org/komunitateak/ikertzaileak/ehmg_2_mintegia/txostenak/origenes_centro_vasco_laprida Orígenes del Centro Vasco Laprida] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927193745/http://www.euskosare.org/komunitateak/ikertzaileak/ehmg_2_mintegia/txostenak/origenes_centro_vasco_laprida |date=2007-09-27 }}
Towns and settlements
References
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External links
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- {{Official website}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201154/http://www.mininterior.gov.ar/municipales/busqueda/amplia_info.asp?ID=BUE068 Federal website]
- [http://www.maplandia.com/argentina/buenos-aires/laprida/paraguil/ Paragüil Map — Satellite Images of Paragüil]
{{Partidos of Buenos Aires Province}}