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HINOJO
Hinojo´s City it is located to 17 kilometers from Olavaria. It was founded in 1887 and its name comes from the great amount of hinojales that were in the zone.

It was the first Agricultura Colony that was in the zone, later it were made Nievas and San Miguel colonies. The development of the locality was due to an important factory that exported big part of its production to others ountries and explotacion minera.

Geographic Location: 36º 51' South Latitude - 60º 10' West Length.

Altitude: 156,70 m above the level of the sea.

Population: 1.534 Habitants Men: 798 Women: 736

In front of the main square, founded in 1944, that has the name of the Liberator General Don José de San Martín, it is located the Nuestra Señora de la Concepción Church, built by the group of nieghbuors. The blessing of this temple was the 24 of september of 1933, it was built by the Giantonassi´s brothers above a field donated by Francisco and Vicente Olivetto.

It work schools in the levels inicial, EGB and Polimodal and the Popular Library Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, founded in 1922. The Sports took place in Hinojo´s Athletic Club and Sports Railroader and Social Club.

In the low and wet grounds you can find cultivos for the raice of the cattle. Inside of the fauna of this zone there are vizcachas, liebres, ñandú, perdiz común and colorada.