Partido La Matanza

La Matanza
Location of La Matanza in Gran Buenos Aires
Data
Capital	San Justo
population	1,775,816 (INDEC, 2010)
surface	325.71 km²
Population density	5452.13 inhabitants / km²
Other cities	15 localidades
Rivers	Riachuelo
Website	http://www.lamatanza.gov.ar
Modern high-rise buildings in Ramos Mejía
Poor neighborhood in Rafael Castillo
Entrance to the University of La Matanza

La Matanza is the partido with the largest population in the Argentine metropolitan area of Buenos Aires , the so-called Gran Buenos Aires . With 1,775,816 inhabitants (2010 census) it is the second largest administrative unit in terms of population after Buenos Aires and the largest department or partido in the country. The capital is San Justo, only a few kilometers from Buenos Aires, with 109,686 inhabitants.

The Partido borders the city of Buenos Aires and Lomas de Zamora to the northeast, Esteban Echeverría and Ezeiza to the east, Cañuelas to the southeast, Marcos Paz to the southwest, Merlo to the west and Morón and Tres de Febrero to the northwest .

geography

The area has an area of ​​327 km² and the topography is flat. The Río Matanza-Riachuelo , which follows its natural course in the west and is partly canalised in the east near the border with Buenos Aires, forms the southeast border of the Partidos. It is one of the most polluted rivers in Argentina and causes numerous environmental problems in its catchment area. The area around the river is forested, while in the north of the Partidos, next to the built-up area, agricultural areas predominate.

history

The name of La Matanza (German translation: mass killing or massacre ), which has been documented for the area since the 17th century, probably comes from a battle between the Spaniards for Diego de Mendoza, the brother of the leader of the colonists Pedro de Mendoza in 1536 , with the Het (Querandíes) in the area where De Mendoza was killed.

Until 1812, La Matanza was administered jointly with Morón , which then comprised a significantly larger area than today; then both areas were separated. As a result of the administrative reform of the province of Buenos Aires in 1854 it was declared a Partido and Municipio (municipality), and in 1856 the capital San Justo was founded. Ramos Mejía , which now has 97,076 inhabitants, was the second city to follow in 1861.

After several splits, La Matanza shrank to its current size by 1878. At the turn of the century, the two largest cities today were founded: González Catán (163,815 inhabitants) in 1910, and Gregorio de Laferrere , today the largest city with 177,119 inhabitants, in 1911.

The region was dominated by rural areas until around 1930. In the 1930s, the area around the largest cities of San Justo and Ramos Mejía in particular was industrialized through targeted planning, so the number of industrial companies grew from 136 to 1,638 between 1935 and 1954. This was accompanied by a rapid increase in the number of inhabitants, which continues to this day. Working-class quarters and informal settlements ( villas miseria ) emerged. The large social housing district Ciudad Evita (today 68,368 inhabitants) was built in the first reign of Juan Perón in 1947 and named after his wife Evita Perón . It became the model of social housing in Argentina.

In the 1970s and 1980s the development stagnated and in the 1990s the number of industrial companies even fell again. To this day, some parts of the Partidos, such as Virrey del Pino, remain dominated by agriculture. Between 2001 and 2010 the population grew by more than 40 percent, which corresponds to one of the highest growth rates for administrative units of this size in the country.

Localities

La Matanza is integrated by 15, almost all of the villages that have grown together, which are in the form of a chain in an east-west direction along an arterial road from Buenos Aires, the Ruta Nacional 3 . To the south of it is Ciudad Evita , named after Eva Perón , one of the first large social housing districts in Argentina, which was built during the period of Peronism .

The following localities integrate the Partido:

• 20 de June
• Aldo Bonzi
• Ciudad Evita
• Ciudad Madero
• González Catán
• Gregorio de Laferrere
• Isidro Casanova
• La Tablada
• Lomas del Mirador
• Rafael Castillo
• Ramos Mejía
• San Justo (administrative headquarters)
• Tapiales
• Villa Eduardo Madero
• Villa Luzuriaga
• Virrey del Pino

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Cuadro P1-P. Provincia de Buenos Aires, 24 Partidos del Gran Buenos Aires. Población total y variación intercensal absoluta y relativa por partido. Años 2001-2010 , 2010 Census Official Website, accessed March 4, 2012
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Breve reseña histórica del Partido de La Matanza ( Memento of the original of March 9, 2012 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. , lamatanza.gov.ar, accessed March 4, 2012 
3. ↑ Story of Ramos Mejía ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2012 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. , lamatanza.gov.ar 
4. ^ History of González Catán ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , lamatanza.gov.ar 
5. ↑ The story of Gregorio de Laferrere ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2012 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. , lamatanza.gov.ar 
6. ^ History of Ciudad Evita ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2012 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. , lamatanza.gov.ar 

Web links

• Portal of La Matanza (Spanish)
• Centro de Documentación e Información (Spanish)
• IFAM population statistics

Coordinates: 34 ° 43 ′  S , 58 ° 37 ′  W