Pehuajó

Pehuajó
Pehuajó
Location in Argentina
Coordinates: 35°48′S 61°54′W / 35.800°S 61.900°W / -35.800; -61.900
Country Argentina
Province Buenos Aires
PartidoPehuajó
FoundedJuly 3, 1881
Government
  IntendantPablo Javier Zurro (FPV)
Area
  City
17.66 km2 (6.82 sq mi)
  Urban
10.40 km2 (4.02 sq mi)
Elevation
83.5 m (274.0 ft)
Population
 (2010 census)
  City
31,553
CPA Base
B 6450
Area code+54 2396
ClimateCfa
WebsiteOfficial website

Pehuajó (Spanish pronunciation: [pewaˈxo]) is a city in the Pehuajó Partido (Pehuajó district) in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The partido has about 38,400 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC]. The name of this relatively small city is well known in Argentina because of María Elena Walsh's song Manuelita, about an adventurous turtle (tortoise); a dilapidated concrete statue of María Elena Walsh's Manuelita lies just outside the city, beside Ruta Nacional ("National Route") 5.