General Villegas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

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General Villegas, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, is a rural town known as the birthplace of novelist Manuel Puig and the inspiration for the small-town settings in many of his works.

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instanceOf town
birthplaceOf Manuel Puig NERFINISHED
continent South America
coordinateLocation -35.0333 -63.0167
country Argentina
countrySubdivision Buenos Aires Province NERFINISHED
distanceTo approximately 520 km from Buenos Aires City
economyBasedOn agriculture
livestock farming
governedBy municipal government of General Villegas
hasAreaCode +54 3388
hasCharacteristic rural town
hasClimate humid subtropical climate
hasCulturalActivity literary commemorations of Manuel Puig
local festivals
hasCulturalSignificance setting inspiration for Manuel Puig’s small-town fiction
hasDemographicCharacteristic low population density
hasEducationalInstitution primary schools
secondary schools
hasFeature cattle ranches
flat agricultural plains
grain production area
hasNearbyFeature rural agricultural fields
hasPostalCode B6230
hasReligiousBuilding Catholic parish church
hasRole partido seat
hasSportsClub local football clubs
hasTransport regional bus services
hasUrbanForm small-town grid layout
inspiredWorkOf novels of Manuel Puig
isSeatOf General Villegas Partido NERFINISHED
languageUsed Spanish
locatedIn Buenos Aires Province NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeEntity General Villegas Partido NERFINISHED
locatedInCountryRegion western Buenos Aires Province
locatedInRegion Pampa region NERFINISHED
namedAfter General Conrado Excelso Villegas NERFINISHED
partOf Argentine Pampas NERFINISHED
roadConnection connected by provincial routes of Buenos Aires Province
timeZone Argentina Time NERFINISHED
UTC−03:00

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Manuel Puig placeOfBirth General Villegas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina