Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires
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Florencio Varela is a city in Buenos Aires Province
, Argentina
. It is the head town of the Florencio Varela Partido
. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires
urban agglomeration.
The settlement was officially founded on January 30, 1891 by Juan de la Cruz Contreras. It is named after Argentine writer and journalist Florencio Varela
(February 23 1807 - March 20 1848).
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 Florencio Varela Partido
Florencio Varela Partido
Florencio Varela is a partido located in the south of Gran Buenos Aires urban area in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.The partido has an area of and a population of 423,992...
. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires is the generic denomination to refer to the megalopolis comprising the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and the conurbation around it, over the province of Buenos Aires—namely the adjacent 24 partidos or municipalities—which nonetheless do not constitute a single administrative...
urban agglomeration.
The settlement was officially founded on January 30, 1891 by Juan de la Cruz Contreras. It is named after Argentine writer and journalist Florencio Varela
Florencio Varela (writer)
Florencio Varela was an Argentine writer, poet, journalist and educator.Florencio was born in Buenos Aires on February 23 1808, he was the sixth child of Don Jacobo Adrián Varela and María de la Encarnación Sanjinés, he had a keen interest in the literary arts from a young age...
(February 23 1807 - March 20 1848).