Partido Lomas de Zamora

Lomas de Zamora
Location of Lomas de Zamora in Gran Buenos Aires
Data
Capital	Lomas de Zamora
population	591,345 (2001, INDEC)
surface	89 km²
Population density	6,453 inhabitants / km²
Other cities	7 localidades
Website	http://www.lomasdezamora.gov.ar
The intersection of Avenidas Colombres and Hipólito Yrigoyen - an important intersection in Lomas de Zamora

Lomas de Zamora is the name of an administrative area ( Partido ) of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires and also the name of its capital. It is part of the Gran Buenos Aires metropolitan area and is located around 15 kilometers south of the center of the city of Buenos Aires.

A total of around 591,345 people (2001) live in the 89 km² Partido . In the decade before the last reporting period, the population increased by about three percent. For 2007, the population was estimated at 619,527.

location

Lomas de Zamora is separated from the actual Buenos Aires in the north by the extremely polluted Riachuelo River . Lomas de Zamora is also bordered by the Partido La Matanza in the north-west, the Partido Lanús in the east, the Partido Quilmes in the southeast, the Partido Almirante Brown in the south , and the Partido Esteban Echeverría in the west .

Cities and towns

Lomas de Zamora is divided into seven localities and cities, so-called Localidades , which are completely fused with each other and with the neighboring Partidos. Almost the entire area of ​​the Partidos is built on. That is why the population of Lomas de Zamora has been growing for years by erecting ever taller buildings. The main town and administrative seat of the Partido is the city of the same name Lomas de Zamora, the largest city of the Partido is Banfield.

Localidad	Residents	Area km²	EW / km²
Banfield	223,898	28.5	7,851
Llavallol	41,463	11.3	3,669
Lomas de Zamora	111,897	20.0	5,589
Temperley	111,660	15.9	7,023
Turdera	9,786	2.1	4,660
Villa Centenario	49,737	5.7	8,741
Villa Fiorito	42,904	5.5	7,844
total	591,345	89.0	6,644

education and Science

The local university, the Universidad de Lomas de Zamora (UNLZ), is one of the largest in Greater Buenos Aires.

Sports

The Lomas Athletic Club is one of the co-founders of Argentine football. In 1893 he became the second club to receive the Argentine championship honors. By 1909 five more state championships were added. But the great successes should not last long after the pioneering days of this sport. Nowadays, the CA Banfield and CA Los Andes represent the district in the top Argentine football leagues; The greatest success of these clubs was the win of the Apertura 2009 by the CA Banfield.

Personalities

Born here

• Mariano Damián Barbosa (* 1984), football player
• Emanuel Centurión (* 1982), football player
• Matías Fritzler (* 1986), football player
• Juan E. Méndez (* 1944), UN special envoy on torture

Web links

• Lomas de Zamora Official Website
• Statistical information from the Ministry of Interior ( Memento of May 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Municipalidad de Lomas de Zamora ( Memento of February 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 34 ° 46 ′  S , 58 ° 24 ′  W