Oriente is a town located in the eastern end of the Coronel Dorrego Partido in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Oriente is located roughly from the regional seat of Coronel Dorrego.
Oriente was founded on October 10, 1911, as an agricultural town. A railway station was also constructed in Oriente upon its founding. The town was founded following a public request, and a year later, in 1912, the first 79 lots in the town were auctioned for sale. Oriente was declared a city in 1975.
In the late 1910s, a large hydroelectric water plant, the Oriente Hydroelectric Power Plant, began operation. The project involved a -tall, -wide dam, with the goal of providing power to a nearby cement plant, with the excess power being given to, among other places, Oriente, which was away. The plant was damaged beyond repair by a flood in 1981.
The economy of Oriente is primarily agriculture-based, due to the town's location on a fertile plain, part of the larger Pampas region. There is also a lesser focus on tourism.
According to INDEC, which collects population data for the country, the town had a population of 1,976 people as of the 2001 census.