Villa del Parque

Villa del Parque
Rail crossin, Villa de Parque
Rail crossin, Villa de Parque
Location o Villa del Parque athin Buenos Aires
Location o Villa del Parque athin Buenos Aires
Kintra Argentinae
Autonomous CeetyBuenos Aires
ComunaC11
Area
 • Total3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Population
 • Total58,573
 • Density16,000/km2 (42,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-3 (ART)

Villa del Parque is a barrio athin the ceety o Buenos Aires, Argentinae. Its name translates as Veelage o the Pairk an wis derivit frae its earliest beginnins, when several haciendas wur aw that existit, alangside a growin agricultural pairk in this section o Buenos Aires Province.

History

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Villa del Parque wis offeecially incorporatit on 8 November 1908, as a separate destrict o the ceety o Buenos Aires. This neebourheid an Villa Devoto, baith got their stairt when a initiative tae impruive the teachin o agronomy durin the presidency o Julio Roca wis begun in 1901. Upon the establishment o a field station an model ferm in 1903, population an developmental growthe resultit in its expansion towards this agronomy pairk an the eventual openin o a railwey station in August 1907.

Railwey station.

Freemit airtins

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Coordinates: 34°36′S 58°29′W / 34.600°S 58.483°W / -34.600; -58.483