Bernasconi, Argentina
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Bernasconi | |
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Village | |
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  Bernasconi  Bernasconi | |
| Coordinates: 37°54′00″S 63°43′00″W / 37.90000°S 63.71667°W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  La Pampa |
| Department | Hucal |
| Established | March 16, 1888 |
| Elevation | 162 m (531 ft) |
| Population (2001 Census)[1] | |
• Total | 1,781 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| CPA Base | L 3023 |
| Area code | +54 2925 |
| Climate | Dfc |
Bernasconi is a village and the capital of the Hucal Department of La Pampa Province, Argentina.[2]
In 1878, the Argentine state divided the lands in the "desert", granting the territory in question to Don Ernesto Tornquist, who subsequently sold his lands to Alfonso Bernasconi in 1884. In 1888, Bernasconi, seeing that several families had by then settled on his lands, decided to found a settlement, to which he gave his own name.
