Laguna Larga

Laguna Larga
City and municipality
Palacio Municipal.
Palacio Municipal.
Etymology: Spanish: laguna larga (long lagoon)
Coordinates: 31°46′36″S 63°48′09″W / 31.77667°S 63.80250°W / -31.77667; -63.80250
CountryArgentina
ProvinceCórdoba Province, Argentina
DepartmentRío Segundo
Founded30 November 1869
Government
 • Intendente (Mayor)Matías Leonardo Torres Cena (We Do for Córdoba, Union for Córdoba, Justicialist Party)
Elevation
309 m (1,014 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total7,837
Demonymlagunense
Time zoneUTC−3 (ART)
Area code03572
Websitelagunalarga.gov.ar

Laguna Larga is a town and municipality in the Impira District of the Río Segundo Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina, 55 kilometres (34 mi) from the provincial capital, Córdoba.

It is beside National Route 9, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the Rosario-Córdoba Highway and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the RP 10, which connects with National Route 158 of Mercosur.

Its urban plant is 150 hectares (370 acres) in size, in a checkerboard pattern with a service street that divides it into two smaller blocks, with 225 blocks. National Route 9, parallel to the Nuevo Central Argentino (NCA) railroad tracks, divides the town[1] into north and south sectors. The north has more economic activity, while the south is basically residential. Sportspeople such as Paulo Dybala and Thiago Prieto Acosta were born in Laguna Larga.

  1. ^ "Córdoba". Hoy la Universidad (in Spanish). No. 255. National University of Córdoba. 20 September 2008. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2021.