OlavarrÃa
Olavarría is a city in eastern Argentina. It is located in the center of the province of Buenos Aires and has 103 961 inhabitants (2001, INDEC ). The city is named after a hero of Argentine independence, José de Olavarría named.
Geography
The city is located in the heartland of agricultural humid Pampa, a flat grassy plain. The climate is temperate, with warm summers and relatively mild winters, where it can, however snow.
History
The city was founded in 1867 during the conquest of the south of Argentina by the Indians. Until 1869 this was the main headquarters of the former southern border of Argentina, so the city had mainly military significance. 1869, the headquarters was moved further south, and from that year began the agricultural development by Italian and Volga German (from 1878), who grew mainly wheat. In the 1880s the area had the most significant wheat production in the country. From the end of the 19th century was around granite, and the city soon turned into an industrial town in which dominated the cement industry.
Economy
Today in Olavarría dominated by a mix of agricultural industries ( food processing) and the cement industry. In the latter form Olavarría industry is the leading city in the country.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Alfredo Rossi Rossi y ( * 1920 ), Composer
- Emilio Ogñénovich (1923-2011), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mercedes- Luján
- Oscar Alem ( b. 1941 ), bassist, pianist and composer
- Matías Enrique Abelairas ( born 1985 ), Argentine footballer