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Partidos (counties) of Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires. Avellaneda, Argentina.
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Partidos (counties) of Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires.
Partidos (counties) of Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires.

Avellaneda

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Avellaneda, partido (county) of eastern Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires, eastern Argentina. It lies immediately southeast of the city of Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires provincia (province), on the Río de la Plata estuary. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the area was an industrial slum, slaughterhouse, and port district, separated from Buenos Aires by the Riachuelo River. Early settlers were Spanish, Italian, and Polish immigrants. The county was formally established in 1852, when the governor of Buenos Aires province, Vicente López, expropriated land from the existing county of Quilmes. The county was renamed in 1914 in honour of ...(100 of 190 words)

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