Official Name: | Laguna Limpia |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and village |
Pushpin Map: | Argentina |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Argentina |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Argentina |
Subdivision Name1: | Chaco Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Libertador General San Martín Department |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Juan de la Cruz Riquelme |
Established Date: | 4 September 1944 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | |
Population Total: | 1,186 |
Timezone: | ART |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | -26.4958°N -59.6808°W |
Elevation M: | 229 |
Postal Code Type: | CPA Base |
Postal Code: | H 3515 |
Area Code: | +54 03725 |
Laguna Limpia is a village and municipality in Chaco Province in northern Argentina.[1]
The village was developed due to the construction of the railroad in the area. The first families started to populate the area, mainly families of the railroad construction workers or their management staff.
It owes its name to the existence of a lake nearby, known for the clarity of its water. This made the first people who arrived to build the train station to call it "the station where the clear lake is", which in time was shortened to "Laguna Limpia" (Clear Lake).
The village was officially formed on 4 September 1944.
The population, according to the was 1,1876 inhabitants, which more than doubled the population of 433 in the previous census of 1991.[2]
The main road connecting the town is Provincial Route 30 (unpaved), connecting to the north with Provincial Route 3 (then to Presidencia Roca and Pampa del Indio), and to the south to Ciervo Petiso and Colonias Unidas. The other Provincial road is Provincial Route 42, connecting to the southeast to the village of Las Garcitas.