Pontevedra, Buenos Aires

Pontevedra is a city located in Merlo Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

The town was named after the homonymous city of Pontevedra, Spain.

Pontevedra was founded in 1871 by real estate promoters, in the estates belonging to the Irish landlord Thomas Gahan, member of Merlo's first municipal government in 1865.

The city is bordered by Parque San Martín and Libertad (north), Mariano Acosta (west), González Catán (east) and Veinte de Junio (south), both in La Matanza Partido, and Marcos Paz (south).

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First school in Pontevedra, opened in the last decade of 19th century.
Church dedicated to the Immaculate Conception , city of Pontevedra.