San Cristóbal, Buenos Aires

San Cristóbal is a district of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. He has 49 986 inhabitants (as of 2001) on an area of 2.1 km ². The population density is therefore 23 803 inhabitants / km ² (the average in Buenos Aires is 15.200/km ²).

The district is bounded by the streets Av. Independencia Av. Entre Ríos, Av. Juan de Garay and Sánchez de Loria.

Description

San Cristóbal is located in the east of the city, near the old town. Parts of the district are within the end of the 16th century, drawn by Juan de Garay city limits. 1869 was San Cristóbal, along with San Telmo and Balvanera, as part of a reorganization of parishes municipality status. A census at the time was 3,171 inhabitants in 392 houses. 1887, ie only 18 years later, 37,000 inhabitants and 3,200 houses were already counted. One third of these inhabitants were foreigners.

On January 7, 1919, the police took action against striking workers of a metal factory in the district, four workers died. The factory was located at the intersection of La Rioja and Cochabamba. The defeat of the strike is still known as " Semana Tragica " ( Tragic Week ) or as " Red January," an allusion both to the color of blood, as well as the " color recognition " of Marxists or anarchists. The strike itself is regarded today as the opening of the labor movement in Argentina.

In San Cristóbal, the Eye Clinic of Santa Lucia was opened in 2000. Among the educational institutions of the district belongs to the " Instituto Nuestra Señora Del Huerto " in Av. Independencia, corner Rincon Road and Estados Unidos - Street. There is also the private school " Instituto de Rosa Anchorena Ibañez " in Av. Constitucion.