Official Name: | Altamirano |
Pushpin Map: | Argentina |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Argentina |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Pushpin Mapsize1: | 200 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Buenos Aires |
Subdivision Type2: | Partido |
Subdivision Name2: | Brandsen |
Population Total: | 258 |
Coordinates: | -35.3597°N -58.1514°W |
Elevation M: | 15 |
Postal Code Type: | CPA Base |
Postal Code: | B 1986 |
Area Code: | +54 2223 |
Altamirano is a town in Brandsen Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
See main article: Altamirano rail disaster. On 1 February 1964, it was the site of a head-on train collision in which 70 people were killed.
According to the 2001 census, carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina (Spanish; Castilian: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, INDEC), the population count was 258. This represents a loss of 3.7% over 268 in 1991 (the previous census).