Santa Rosa

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Santa Rosa

Total population

116,083

Air quality index

20Good

Elevation175 m

Coordinates-36.62°, -64.29°

Demographic figures from INDEC. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Santa Rosa is a city in the Argentine Pampas (lowlands), and the capital of La Pampa Province, Argentina. It lies on the east of the province, on the shore of the Don Tomás Lagoon, at the intersection of National Routes National Route 5 and National Route 35. The city (94,340) and its surroundings hold 102,610 inhabitants, around a third of the population of the province. Its current mayor is Luciano di Nápoli. Founded in 1892 by Tomás Mason, Santa Rosa did not develop into a relatively important agricultural centre until the second half of the 20th century. It is still one of the smallest provincial capitals of the country after Patagonian Rawson, Ushuaia and Viedma.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Olga Orozco

Argentine writer (1920-1999)

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Federico Pagani

Argentinian bicycle racer

Claudio Biaggio

Argentine association football player

Roberto Sosa

Argentine footballer

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Julián Plaza

Argentinian composer and pianist (1928–2003)

Luis Zubeldía

Argentine footballer and coach

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Néstor Garay

Argentinian actor

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Oscar Pablo Di Liscia

Argentinian composer

Fernando Evangelista

Argentinian association football player

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Oscar Roberto Cornejo

Argentine footballer

Miguel Angel Castellini

Argentine boxer (1947–2020)

Luis Maria Alfageme

Argentine footballer

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Marcelo Etchegaray

Argentinian association football player (1935–2021)

Agustina Quinteros

Argentine model

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Alexis Blanco

Argentine footballer

Carlos Mac Allister

Argentine footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Santa Rosa

El Río Colorado y la franja desertica pampeano-patagónica

Centro de Investigaciones Geográficas (Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina) · 1983

Encuentro de Lenguas Indígenas Americanas

Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. Instituto de Lingüística · 2006

Memoria

Semana Nacional de Cartografía (1st 1964 Santa Rosa (La Pampa), Argentina) · 1964

Estudio integral de la cuenca del Desaguadero

Julio A. Colombato · 1975

Mujeres en escena

Jornadas Historia de las Mujeres y Estudios de Género (5th 1998 Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina) · 2000

Narrar identidades y memorias sociales

Jornadas de Estudio la Narrativa Folklórica (5th 2000 Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina) · 2001

Narrativa folkórica [sic] en clave pluridisciplinaria

Jornadas de Estudio la Narrativa Folklórica (5th 2000 Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina). · 2001

Paleógeno de America del Sur y de la península Antártica

Simposio "Geología y Paleontología del Paleógeno de Antártida" (1996 Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina) · 1998

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Seen 2026-06-06

Polybetes rapidus

Polybetes rapidus

Seen 2026-06-06

Schizocosa malitiosa

Schizocosa malitiosa

Seen 2026-06-01

Greylag Goose

Anser anser

Seen 2026-05-31

Domestic Cat

Felis catus

Seen 2026-05-21

Jodina rhombifolia

Jodina rhombifolia

Seen 2026-05-19

White-winged Coot

Fulica leucoptera

Seen 2026-05-17

White-tufted Grebe

Rollandia rolland

Seen 2026-05-17

Brown-hooded Gull

Chroicocephalus maculipennis

Seen 2026-05-17

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Santa Rosa, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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