General Alvear
General Alvear is a city in General Alvear Partido in Buenos Aires Province. The settlement was founded in 1853 as Fortín Esperanza, later Pueblo Esperanza and on July 19, 1869 it was renamed after General Carlos María de Alvear who fought for the liberation of Argentina during the War of Independence.- Type: Village with 9,810 residents
- Description: human settlement in Argentina
- Also known as: “General Alvear, Buenos Aires” and “General Alvear, Buenos Aires Province”
General Alvear
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: General Alvear, Buenos Aires, Pampas, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-36.02182° or 36° 1′ 19″ south
Longitude
-60.01445° or 60° 0′ 52″ west
Population
9,810
Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)
Open location code
47MXXXHP+76
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“General Alvear” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ጀነራል አልቬር”
- Arabic: “جنرال ألفير”
- Azerbaijani: “General Alvear”
- Basque: “General Alvear”
- Bengali: “জেনারেল আলভিয়ার”
- Dutch: “General Alvear, Buenos Aires Province”
- Esperanto: “General Alvear”
- French: “General Alvear (Buenos Aires)”
- French: “General Alvear”
- German: “General Alvear”
- Hausa: “General Alvear”
- Hindi: “जनरल अल्वियर”
- Indonesian: “General Alvear”
- Japanese: “ヘネラル・アルベアール (ブエノスアイレス州)”
- Japanese: “ヘネラル・アルベアル”
- Javanese: “General Alvear”
- Kazakh: “Генерал Альвеар”
- Kirghiz: “Генерал Альвеар”
- Malay: “General Alvear”
- Oromo: “General Alvear”
- Panjabi: “ਜਨਰਲ ਆਲਵੀਅਰ”
- Persian: “ژنرال آلوار”
- Persian: “ژنرال آلویار”
- Polish: “General Alvear”
- Portuguese: “General Alvear”
- Pushto: “جنرال الویر”
- Russian: “Генерал Альвеар”
- Scots: “General Alvear, Buenos Aires”
- Scots: “General Alvear”
- Somali: “General Alvear”
- Spanish: “General Alvear”
- Swahili: “General Alvear”
- Tajik: “Генерали Альвеар”
- Tatar: “Генерал Альвеар”
- Thai: “เฆเนรัลอัลเบอาร์ (รัฐบัวโนสไอเรส)”
- Thai: “เฆเนรัลอัลเบอาร์”
- Turkish: “General Alvear, Buenos Aires”
- Turkish: “General Alvear”
- Ukrainian: “Хенераль-Альвеар”
- Urdu: “جنرل الویئر”
- Uzbek: “General Alvear”
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