La Paternal, Buenos Aires
La Paternal is a neighborhood in the center of Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina. It is 2.4 km ² and has 20,000 inhabitants (as of 2001). The population density is thus good 8,300 inhabitants / km ², which is below the average of Buenos Aires, which amounts to some 13,000 inhabitants / km ².
La Paternal was founded in 1904 and was named after the railway station in the district. The district is mainly residential and is built with single and multi- family homes. The center of the district is formed by the San Martin Avenue and Avenida Warnes. The football stadium is home to the Argentinos Juniors, where Diego Maradona started his career. Every year on July 12, the Stadtteiltag ( " Día del Barrio de La Paternal " ) is committed.
Location and transport
The neighboring districts are: Agronomía, Chacarita, Villa Crespo, Villa General Mitre, Villa Santa Rita, and Caballito.
Is best reached La Paternal by the metro line B - either to stop " Federico Lacroze ' or to ' Tronador '. La Paternal is - viewed from the center - behind the cemetery Chacarita (exit: U -Bahn stop ' Federico Lacroze ').
The district is geographically divided by the train; she calls herself ' Metropolitano ' - formerly 'San Martín '. The larger and more well-known part of the barrio La Paternal lies between this train line and the ' Avenida San Martín '.
La Isla
The smaller and lesser-known part of the district is informally called La Isla (the Island ). This name is due to the isolated location: La Isla is limited by two different train routes as well as on the other two sides by the Cemetery Chacarita and the agricultural faculty ( Agronomía ) of the University of Buenos Aires ( UBA).
La Isla is therefore remained rather untouched by the usual big-city stress, noise, air pollution and petty crime. Many porteños call this area, therefore, than the original, the typical Barrio, because it is so, as was known from earlier than was going on social and family life relaxed and mostly on the road, and delinquent failures through mutual social control in boundaries were maintained.
Personalities
- Carlos Bilardo ( born 1939 ), football player and coach
- Armando Borrajo (1976-2010), cyclist
- Andrés D' Alessandro ( b. 1981 ), football player