Avellaneda (Buenos Aires)

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Avellaneda
Monumento Nicolas Avellaneda.JPG
Basic data
location 34 ° 40 ′  S , 58 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 34 ° 40 ′  S , 58 ° 22 ′  W
Height above d. M .: m
Population (2001): 24,313
  (Argentina)
 
 
administration
Province : Buenos Aires ProvinceBuenos Aires Province Buenos Aires (Province)
Partido : Avellaneda
Mayor: Jorge Ferraresi
Others
Postal code : B1870
Telephone code: 011

Avellaneda (Argentine pronunciation: [ aβeʒaˈneða ]; formerly Barracas al Sud , also Avellaneda Centro ) is the capital of the Partido Avellaneda of the same name in the province of Buenos Aires . Avellaneda is located southeast of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires in the urban area of Gran Buenos Aires on the Riachuelo . Adjacent localidades in Partido Avellaneda are Dock Sud , Piñeyro and Crucecita .

Avellaneda had 24,313 inhabitants (54.53% of them women) and 8,900 households at the 2001 census.

Avellaneda was founded by provincial law in 1852 and made a city in 1895 and renamed in 1904 in honor of the Argentine ex-president Nicolás Avellaneda . The city is an important industrial center. Avellaneda is connected to the Argentine capital by numerous bus lines and the railway ( Línea Roca ).

Avellaneda is home to the two first division football clubs Racing Club and CA Independiente . In 1916 , the decisive game of the first Copa América was played in Avellaneda after riots that occurred in the designated stadium in Montevideo.

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