La Pampa Province

La Pampa

Provincia de La Pampa
La Pampa Provincia de La Pampa
Province
	Province of La Pampa
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 36°37′S 64°17′W
Country	Argentina
Capital	Santa Rosa
Divisions	22 departments
Government
• Governor	Sergio Ziliotto
• Senators	Daniel Kroneberger; María Victoria Huala; Daniel Pablo Bensusán
Area
• Total	143,440 km2 (55,380 sq mi)
Population (2010[1])
• Total	318,951
• Rank	22nd
• Density	2.2/km2 (5.8/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Pampeano
Spanish: <500,000 speakers; Volga German: 300-2,000 speakers (unofficial)
Time zone	UTC−3 (ART)
ISO 3166 code	AR-L
HDI (2019)	0.853 Very High (5th)[2]
Website	www.lapampa.gob.ar

La Pampa is a province of Argentina. It is in the center of the country. Very few people live there.

History

In 1952, the province was renamed after Eva Perón. In 1955, it was changed back to La Pampa.

Agriculture gives a fourth to La Pampa's economy. The most important activity is cattle ranching. Other livestock include sheep, goats and pigs.

"Censo 2010 Argentina resultados definitivos: mapas". 200.51.91.231. Archived from the original on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
"Información para el desarrollo sostenible: Argentina y la Agenda 2030" (PDF) (in Spanish). United Nations Development Programme. p. 155. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

Provinces of Argentina
Buenos Aires \| Buenos Aires Province \| Catamarca \| Chaco \| Chubut \| Córdoba \| Corrientes \| Entre Ríos \| Formosa \| Jujuy \| La Pampa \| La Rioja \| Mendoza \| Misiones \| Neuquen \| Río Negro \| Salta \| San Juan \| San Luis \| Santa Cruz \| Santa Fe \| Santiago del Estero \| Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands \| Tucumán

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