Dolores, Buenos Aires
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Dolores is a town in Buenos Aires Province
, Argentina
. It is the head town of the Dolores Partido
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The town settlement was officially founded by Ramón Lara on August 21, 1817.
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. It is the head town of the Dolores Partido
Dolores Partido
Dolores Partido is a partido situated in the eastern part of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It borders the partidos of Castelli, Tordillo, Maipú, General Guido and Pila....
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The town settlement was officially founded by Ramón Lara on August 21, 1817.
2008 March train disaster
- March 9, 2008 – A intercity bus from the company El Rápido Argentino collides with a Ferrobaires passenger train with 250 passengers on board at a railroad crossing on the outskirts of Dolores, on the Provincial Highway 63, killing 17, and injuring at least 25. The bus' driver disregarded the railroad crossing signals, which at the time of the accident were operating perfectly.