Caballito (Buenos Aires)

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Location of Caballito in Buenos Aires

Caballito is a district in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires . It is 6.8 km² and has 170,309 inhabitants (as of 2001). The population density is thus 25,045 inhabitants per km². Caballito is therefore one of the more densely populated districts (average in Buenos Aires: around 15,000 / km²).

Location and origin of name

Caballito is located in the geographical center of Buenos Aires and is bordered by the following streets: Río de Janeiro, Avenida Rivadavia , Avenida La Plata , Avenida Directorio , Curapaligüe, Avenida Donato Alvarez , Avenida Juan B. Justo , Avenida San Martín and Avenida Angel Gallardo .

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The name of the district is said to come from a weather vane that stood on the roof of a pulperia ( gaucho bar) ("Caballito" = little horse).

Attractions

The sights of Caballito include the "English District" with its fin-de-siècle architecture, the Ferro Carril Oeste football club , the tram museum of Buenos Aires, the old Mercado del Progreso and the church of Caacupé, who belongs to an Irish nun order and was named after the "Virgin of Caacupé".

There are also two parks in the neighborhood: Parque Rivadavia on Avenida Rivadavia and Parque Centenario . The latter opened in 1910, on the 100th anniversary of the 1810 proclamation that later led to Argentina's independence. It was designed by Carlos Thays and, with its 20 hectares, is one of the largest in the city. In the park you will also find the Natural Science Museum ("Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia"), the Marie Curie Hospital and an observatory . The park was redesigned in 2006, in the course of which a swan pond was created to replace two small ponds at the same location.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/laciudad/barrios/caballito

Web links

Commons : Caballito  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 34 ° 37 ′  S , 58 ° 27 ′  W