Argentina
Río Negro Province
Departamento de General Roca

General Roca

General Roca is a city in the northeast of the province of , northern . It was founded on September 1, 1879, by Colonel Lorenzo Vintter, on the order of War Minister Julio A.
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  • Type: City with 109,000 residents
  • Description: city and municipality in Río Negro Province, Argentina
  • Also known as: “Fiske Menuco”, “Fuerte General Roca”, and “General Roca, Río Negro”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Patagonian Museum of Natural Sciences and Padre Alejandro Stefenelli train station.

Museum
Photo: Horacio Fernandez, CC BY 3.0.

Railway station
Photo: Gervacio Rosales, CC BY 3.0.
is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stefenelli and Barrio Chacra Monte.

Suburb
Photo: Gervacio Rosales, CC BY 3.0.
is a suburb.

Suburb
is a village and municipality in in . It is located 1.5 km south of National Route 22 and 1 km west of the provincial route 6.

General Roca

Latitude
-39.0268° or 39° 1′ 37″ south
Longitude
-67.5755° or 67° 34′ 32″ west
Population
109,000
Elevation
237 metres (778 feet)
IATA airport code
GNR
United Nations Location Code
AR GNR
Open location code
47GJXCFF+7R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 198451606
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3855065
Wiki­data ID
Q52506
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“General Roca” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جنرال روكا ريو نيغرو”
  • Arabic: “جنرال روكا، ريو نيغرو”
  • Arabic: “جنرال روكا”
  • Asturian: “General Roca”
  • Basque: “General Roca”
  • Bengali: “জেনারেল রোকা”
  • Cebuano: “General Roca”
  • Chinese: “羅卡將軍市”
  • Chinese: “羅卡將軍鎮”
  • Czech: “General Roca”
  • Danish: “General Roca”
  • Dutch: “General Roca”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جنرال روكا, ريو نيجرو”
  • Finnish: “General Roca”
  • French: “General Roca”
  • Georgian: “ხენერალ-როკა”
  • German: “General Roca”
  • Greek: “Χενεράλ Ρόκα”
  • Gujarati: “જનરલ રોકા”
  • Hebrew: “חנרל רוקה”
  • Hindi: “जनरल रोका”
  • Hungarian: “General Roca”
  • Indonesian: “General Roca”
  • Italian: “General Roca”
  • Japanese: “ヘネラル・ロカ (リオ・ネグロ州)”
  • Japanese: “ヘネラル・ロカ”
  • Kannada: “ಜನರಲ್ ರೋಕಾ”
  • Korean: “제너럴 로카”
  • Latvian: “Heneralroka”
  • Lithuanian: “Cheneral Roka”
  • Malay: “General Roca”
  • Marathi: “जनरल रोका”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “General Roca”
  • Persian: “خنرال روکا”
  • Polish: “General Roca”
  • Portuguese: “General Roca”
  • Russian: “Хенераль-Рока”
  • Russian: “Хенераль”
  • Sinhala: “ජෙනරාල් රොකා”
  • Slovak: “General Roca”
  • South Azerbaijani: “خنرال روکا”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de General Roca”
  • Spanish: “General Roca”
  • Swedish: “General Roca (ort i Río Negro)”
  • Swedish: “General Roca”
  • Tamil: “ஜெனரல் ரோசா”
  • Telugu: “జనరల్ రోకా”
  • Thai: “เยเนอรัล โรกา”
  • Turkish: “General Roca”
  • Ukrainian: “Хенераль-Рока”
  • Urdu: “جینرل روکا”
  • Vietnamese: “General Roca”
  • Welsh: “General Roca”

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