Villa del Parque | |
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Rail crossin, Villa de Parque | |
Location o Villa del Parque athin Buenos Aires | |
Kintra | Argentinae |
Autonomous Ceety | Buenos Aires |
Comuna | C11 |
Area | |
• Total | 3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 58,573 |
• Density | 16,000/km2 (42,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-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.
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.