Mataderos

Location of Mataderos in Buenos Aires

Mataderos is a district in the southwest of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires . It has almost 65,000 inhabitants (as of 2001) on an area of ​​7.6 km² . It belongs to the "Comuna" (district) C9 and is one of the less densely populated districts.

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Mataderos got its name because of its function: the district used to be the location for both the slaughterhouse and a cattle market (Spanish: “Matadero” = slaughterhouse). Even Chicago , USA was known why the football stadium named "in Mataderos Estadio Nueva Chicago received" (Stadium New Chicago). Today the quarter is mostly an industrial area and suffers from through traffic.

For a long time, the area was a meeting point between the city and the province and thus became a "marketplace" for agricultural products. When gauchos were busy in Buenos Aires, they lived in Mataderos. Famous Payadas , today one would call it “ slam poetry ”, took place here in the district.

The commercial center of Mataderos is around Avenida Eva Perón. At the weekend the lively "Feria de Mataderos" takes place, which is attended by both locals and tourists . The market has existed since June 8, 1986. Handicrafts, Argentine cuisine, music, dance and horse parades are on offer. Other attractions include the Museo Criollo de los Corrales and a synagogue .

The local soccer club CA Nueva Chicago played in the first division in Argentina in the 1970s and 1980s. The club currently plays in the second division. He is known for his particularly loyal fans. They also include the polo player Adolfo Cambiaso , whose team "La Dolfina" wore jerseys in the club colors of Nueva Chicago (black and green) for several years.

Known residents

• Alberto Breccia , draftsman
• José Ángel Trelles , singer
• Oscar Anadón , painter
• Alberto Hugo Cando , journalist
• Horacio Deval , singer
• Adolfo García Grau , actor
• Pedro Inchauspe , writer
• Juan Carlos Copes , dancer
• Geno Díaz , writer
• Justo Suárez , boxer

Individual evidence

1. ^ Feria de Mataderos
2. ↑ Synagogue of Mataderos ( Memento of the original dated February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

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

• GCBA: Mataderos
• Barriada: Mataderos

Coordinates: 34 ° 39 ′  S , 58 ° 30 ′  W