Avellaneda Partido
Avellaneda ( Argentina pronunciation: [ aβeʒaneða ] ) is the name of an administrative area ( " Partido ") of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires and also the name of its main town. It is part of the metropolitan area of Great Buenos Aires.
In the 54 km ² Partido, the municipalidad de Avellaneda, live a total of about 330,000 people ( 2001). In the decade before the last reporting period, the population decreased by almost five percent. In the capital of Avellaneda around 24,000 people are located.
Practically Avellaneda provides an industrially oriented suburb in the south of the Argentine capital dar. tourists are likely to feel attracted only in rare cases. Also, the location on the Río de la Plata part, if at all available, for ecological reasons unfit for bathing.
Location
Avellaneda is located about five kilometers south of the city center of Buenos Aires. The border to the capital of the district is made of extremely heavily polluted Riachuelo River, which constitutes the border with the district of La Boca, in earlier times, the main port of Buenos Aires. In addition, Avellaneda is bordered to the east by the Rio de la Plata, on the south by the Partido Quilmes and to the west by the Partido Lanús.
Localidades - localities
The municipalidad de Avellaneda is divided into nine locations, so-called Localidades. Here is a list with details of the numbers of inhabitants by 2001:
Economy
Avellaneda is a railway center and one of the most important industrial centers of Argentina. Port facilities primarily for coastal and river shipping, oil refineries, metal processing, textile processing, meat and grain processing, as well as markets for agricultural products Argentina dominate.
Science and Education
Avellaneda has two universities: the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional and the Universidad Nacional La Plata - Avellaneda.
History
The original name of Avellaneda was Barracas al Sur - Cottages in the South. 1731 enacted the authorities an arrangement on the south bank of the Riachuelo river, so opposite of La Boca, the time of its main port of Buenos Aires to build a settlement.
The settlement was then formed in 1904 in honor of Argentinian President Nicolás Avellaneda ( term of office: 1874-1880 ) renamed.
Football
Avellaneda is home to two of the most important football clubs in the world: CA Independiente and Racing Club have a total of eight times the World Cup and the Copa Libertadores de América, the South American Cup won three times.
Independiente played at the Estadio Libertadores de América, also known as Doble Visera, which has a capacity of around 53,000 spectators. The Arena Racing, El Cilindro called Estadio Presidente Perón, summarizes nearly 64,000 people. It is only about 400 meters from the stadium Independientes.
In addition to these two clubs is Arsenal de Sarandi also frequent participants in the championship competition of the first Argentine Football League. Club El Porvenir and Sportivo Dock Sud have local significance and are currently playing (2006 ) in the third division.
Notes
Avellaneda is not identical to Parque Avellaneda, which is a quarter ( Barrio ) of Buenos Aires.
Twinning
- Terranova da Sibari, Italy
Personalities
- Mumo Orsi (1901-1986), Argentine- Italian footballer
- Adolfo Alfredo Pedernera (1918-1995), Argentine football player and coach
- Juan Carlos Muñoz (1919-2009), football player and coach
- Félix Loustau (1922-2003), Argentine football player and coach
- Humberto Maschio ( born 1933), Argentine- Italian footballer
- Raúl Emilio Bernao (1941-2007), Argentine footballer
- Héctor Yazalde (1946-1997), football player
- Roberto Acuña (born 1972 ), Paraguayan football player