Avellaneda est une commune portuaire argentine, chef-lieu du partido homonyme. La ville se trouve dans la province de Buenos Aires. Sa population est de 328 980 habitants en 2001.

1. Géographie

Avellaneda est une banlieue de l'Aire urbaine du Grand Buenos Aires et est reliée à la ville de Buenos Aires par plusieurs ponts qui surplombent le río Matanza. Limitée à l'est par le río Riachuelo, qui rejoint le Río de la Plata, au nord elle s'arrête au Río de la Plata, à l'ouest elle touche le partido de Lanús et au sud le partido de Quilmes.

1. Histoire

À l'origine, la ville s'appelait Barracas al Sur et reçut son nom actuel en 1904, en l'honneur du président de l'Argentine Nicolás Avellaneda. Elle fut ensuite gouvernée, durant plusieurs décennies, par le célèbre caudillo Alberto Barceló (es), membre du Parti démocrate national (conservateur), qui s'illustra par l'élimination physique de ses adversaires et la corruption . Ami du gouverneur fascisant Manuel Fresco, Barceló devait lui succéder mais les élections furent annulées en raison des fraudes massives.

1. Économie

La ville est aussi une concentration de commerces et de centres industriels, essentiels à l'économie du pays, cela concerne les raffineries de pétrole, la métallurgie, les marchés agricoles, le textile …

1. Sport

La ville abrite deux des plus grands clubs de football argentins : CA Independiente et le Racing Club.

1. Personnalités

Alejandra Pizarnik (1936-1972), poétesse, y est née. Adrián Hernán González footballeur argentin, y est né en 1976

1. Notes et références


1. Liens externes

Ressource relative à la musique : MusicBrainz

(es) site officiel de la ville. Coordonnées : 35° 37′ S, 61° 22′ O

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Barracas, Buenos Aires

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Bosch Bridge

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Pueyrredón Bridge

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New Pueyrredón Bridge

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Buenos Aires Belgrano Sur Line railway station

Buenos Aires (Spanish: Estación Buenos Aires) is a former passenger railway station in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The station was terminus of the Belgrano Sur line that runs trains along Greater Buenos Aires region. The station is located a short distance north of the Riachuelo River, on the boundaries between the barrios of Parque Patricios and Barracas, two outlying neighbourhoods in the southern part of the city.