Moreno, Buenos Aires
Moreno is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of Moreno Partido. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conurbation and is located around 36 km (22 mi) to the west of the autonomous city of Buenos Aires.
According to the 2001 census [INDEC], the population was 148,290.
Moreno is bordered by Paso del Rey (east), Trujui and Cuartel V (north), Francisco Álvarez (west) and Merlo and Reconquista River (south).
History
The origin of the city goes back to 1860 when the Argentine railway company Camino de Hierro de Buenos Aires al Oeste opened a railway station on land donated by politician and composer, Amancio Jacinto Alcorta.
Education
The area has a German school, Deutsche Schule Moreno,[1] as well as other private schools such as Colegio Juan XXIII, [2] and Instituto Corazón de Jesús.[3]
For higher education, there is the Universidad Nacional de Moreno, [4] where students can enroll in careers related to Applied Sciences and Technology, Economic Sciences and Law, and Humanities and Social Sciences.
Notable residents
- Hebe Uhart (born 1936), writer and professor
Gallery
- Statue of Mariano Moreno (1778-1811), Argentine politician from whom the city takes its name
- Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario (Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral), seat of the Diocese of Merlo-Moreno
- Amancio Jacinto Alcorta (1805-1862), owner of Estancia Paso del Rey
References
External links
Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)
- (in Spanish) Municipal website
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administrative
divisions
Province partidos
- Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
- Adrogué
- Avellaneda
- Banfield
- Béccar
- Bella Vista
- Berazategui
- Bernal
- Boulogne Sur Mer
- Burzaco
- Caseros
- Castelar
- Ciudadela
- Ciudad Evita
- Ciudad Jardín
- Ciudad Madero
- Claypole
- Dock Sud
- Don Torcuato
- El Palomar
- Ezeiza
- Florencio Varela
- Florida Este
- Florida Oeste
- Haedo
- General Pacheco
- Gerli
- Glew
- González Catán
- Gregorio de Laferrère
- Grand Bourg
- Guernica
- Hurlingham
- Isidro Casanova
- Ituzaingó
- José C. Paz
- José Mármol
- Lanús
- La Tablada
- Llavallol
- Libertad
- Lomas del Mirador
- Lomas de Zamora
- Longchamps
- Los Polvorines
- Mariano Acosta
- Martínez
- Merlo
- Monte Chingolo
- Monte Grande
- Moreno
- Morón
- Munro
- Muñiz
- Olivos
- Pablo Nogués
- Parque San Martín
- Paso del Rey
- Pontevedra
- Quilmes
- Rafael Calzada
- Rafael Castillo
- Ramos Mejía
- Remedios de Escalada
- San Antonio de Padua
- San Fernando
- San Francisco Solano
- San Isidro
- San José
- San Justo
- San Martín
- San Miguel
- Sarandí
- Temperley
- Tigre
- Tortuguitas
- Tristán Suárez
- Valentín Alsina
- Vicente López
- Victoria
- Villa Adelina
- Villa Ballester
- Villa Bosch
- Villa Centenario
- Villa Domínico
- Villa Fiorito
- Villa La Florida
- Villa Maipú
- Villa Martelli
- Villa de Mayo
- Villa Tesei
- Villa Udaondo
- Virreyes
- Wilde
- William C. Morris
(towns and others)
- Acassuso
- Aldo Bonzi
- Billinghurst
- Campo de Mayo
- Carapachay
- Churruca
- Dique Luján
- Dock Sud
- Don Bosco
- El Libertador
- José Ingenieros
- La Lucila
- Loma Hermosa
- Lomas del Palomar
- Martín Coronado
- Once de Septiembre
- Pablo Podestá
- Ranelagh
- Remedios de Escalada, Tres de Febrero
- Sáenz Peña
- Santos Lugares
- Tapiales
- Villa Raffo
- Villa Sarmiento
34°39′04″S 58°47′24″W / 34.65111°S 58.79000°W / -34.65111; -58.79000
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