General Roca
General Roca is a city in the northeast of the Argentine province of Río Negro, northern Patagonia. It was founded on September 1, 1879, by Colonel Lorenzo Vintter, on the order of War Minister Julio A.
- City with about 136,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 240 metres (790 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code GNR
- …was formerly known as “Fuerte General Roca”
- Description: city and municipality in Río Negro Province, Argentina
- Also known as“Fiske Menuco”“General Roca, Río Negro”
Places of Interest
Discover Patagonian Museum of Natural Sciences and Padre Alejandro Stefenelli train station.
Padre Alejandro Stefenelli train station
Padre Alejandro Stefenelli train station is a railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barrio Chacra Monte and Stefenelli.
Barrio Chacra Monte
Suburb
Barrio Chacra Monte is a village and municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina.
General Roca
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Latitude
-39.0268° or 39° 1′ 37″ south
Longitude
-67.5755° or 67° 34′ 32″ west
UN/LOCODE
AR GNR
Open location code
47GJXCFF+7R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“General Roca” goes by many names.
جنرال روكاArabic
جنرال روكا، ريو نيغروArabic
General RocaAsturian
General RocaBasque
জেনারেল রোকাBengali
General RocaCebuano
羅卡將軍市Chinese
羅卡將軍鎮Chinese
General RocaCzech
General RocaDanish
General RocaDutch
جنرال روكا, ريو نيجروEgyptian Arabic
General RocaFinnish
ხენერალ-როკაGeorgian
Χενεράλ ΡόκαGreek
જનરલ રોકાGujarati
חנרל רוקהHebrew
जनरल रोकाHindi
General RocaHungarian
General RocaIndonesian
General RocaItalian
ヘネラル・ロカJapanese
ヘネラル・ロカ (リオ・ネグロ州)Japanese
ಜನರಲ್ ರೋಕಾKannada
제너럴 로카Korean
HeneralrokaLatvian
Cheneral RokaLithuanian
General RocaMalay
जनरल रोकाMarathi
General RocaNorwegian Bokmål
خنرال روکاPersian
General RocaPolish
ХенеральRussian
Хенераль-РокаRussian
ජෙනරාල් රොකාSinhala
General RocaSlovak
خنرال روکاSouth Azerbaijani
General RocaSwedish
General Roca (ort i Río Negro)Swedish
ஜெனரல் ரோசாTamil
జనరల్ రోకాTelugu
เยเนอรัล โรกาThai
General RocaTurkish
Хенераль-РокаUkrainian
جینرل روکاUrdu
General RocaVietnamese
General RocaWelsh
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