Lanús
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Lanús is the capital of Lanús Partido
, Buenos Aires Province
in Argentina
. It lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires
, in the Greater Buenos Aires
metropolitan area
. The city has a population of 212,152 , and the Partido de Lanús has a total population of 453,500.
A major industrial centre, it is served by freight and passenger railway
lines. The city has chemical, armaments, textiles, paper, leather and rubber goods, wire, apparel, oils and lubricants industries, as well as tanneries, vegetable and fruit canneries. Several technical schools are located in the city, as well as the Eva Perón
Medical Center, one of the largest in the Greater Buenos Aires area.
The city has a football
club, Club Atlético Lanús
currently playing in the Argentine Primera División
. Club Atlético Lanús also has a basketball
team.
Guillermo Gaebeler initiated the town's development, designing its first city master plan. Gaebeler established the town as Villa General Paz on October 20, 1888, and named its first streets and plazas after the numerous battles won by General José María Paz
in the Argentine Civil War
s of the mid-19th century. Lanús was named in honor of Anacarsis Lanús, who owned the land where the city is today located until his death in 1888, in 1955.
Lanús Partido
Lanús is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, located at the south of the Gran Buenos Aires urban conglomerate neighbouring Buenos Aires city.The partido has an area of , and a population of 453,500 . Its capital is the city of Lanús....
, Buenos Aires Province
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...
in 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 lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, in 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...
metropolitan area
Conurbation
A conurbation is a region comprising a number of cities, large towns, and other urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area...
. The city has a population of 212,152 , and the Partido de Lanús has a total population of 453,500.
Rail transport in Argentina
The Argentine railway network comprised of track at the end of the Second World War and was, in its time, one of the most extensive and prosperous in South America. However, with the increase in highway construction, there followed a sharp decline in railway profitability, leading to the break-up...
lines. The city has chemical, armaments, textiles, paper, leather and rubber goods, wire, apparel, oils and lubricants industries, as well as tanneries, vegetable and fruit canneries. Several technical schools are located in the city, as well as the Eva Perón
Eva Perón
María Eva Duarte de Perón was the second wife of President Juan Perón and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita.She was born in the village of Los Toldos in...
Medical Center, one of the largest in the Greater Buenos Aires area.
The city has a football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club, Club Atlético Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet...
currently playing in the Argentine Primera División
Primera División Argentina
The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
. Club Atlético Lanús also has a basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team.
Guillermo Gaebeler initiated the town's development, designing its first city master plan. Gaebeler established the town as Villa General Paz on October 20, 1888, and named its first streets and plazas after the numerous battles won by General José María Paz
José María Paz
Brigadier General José María Paz y Haedo was an Argentine military figure, notable in the Argentine War of Independence and the Argentine Civil War.-Childhood:...
in the Argentine Civil War
Argentine Civil War
The Argentine Civil Wars were a series of internecine wars that took place in Argentina from 1814 to 1876. These conflicts were separate from the Argentine War of Independence , though they first arose during this period....
s of the mid-19th century. Lanús was named in honor of Anacarsis Lanús, who owned the land where the city is today located until his death in 1888, in 1955.
Celebrities associated with Lanús
- Adrian RicchiutiAdrián RicchiutiAdrián Ricchiuti is an Argentine-Italian football midfielder, who currently plays for Calcio Catania in the Italian Serie A.-Ternana Calcio:...
- football player, born in Lanús who plays for Calcio CataniaCalcio CataniaCalcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. The club has spent much of its history in Serie B, gaining promotion to Italy's top league Serie A five times... - Francisco Álvarez - film actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
(1892-1960), lived briefly in Lanús, where he died in 1960. - Gustavo CorderaGustavo CorderaGustavo Edgardo Cordera is an Argentine rock musician, best known as the frontman of the band Bersuit Vergarabat....
- rock musician, born in Lanús. - Gastón FernándezGastón FernándezGastón Nicolás Fernández is an Argentine footballer plays for Estudiantes de La Plata.-Club career:Nicknamed La Gata , Fernández began his professional career with River Plate. After a stint with Racing and another season back with River, in 2006 he was loaned to Monterrey...
- football player, born in Lanús. - Ariel González - rock musician, songwritter and arranger born in Lanús.
- Marcela MoreloMarcela MoreloMarcela Morelo , also known as La Morelo, is an Argentine singer-songwriter. She has released seven critically acclaimed studio albums, which all earned either Gold of Platinum record...
- Latin singer and composer, born in Lanús. - Diego MaradonaDiego MaradonaDiego Armando Maradona is a retired Argentine football player and widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys, setting...
- football player, born in Lanús. - Sergio OlguínSergio OlguínSergio Olguín is an Argentinean author, journalist and literary critic born on 29 January 1967 in Buenos Aires. Whereas most of the novels that he has published to date can be categorised as youth literature, he has also published stories and novels that do not fall in this category.-Biography:He...
- writer, journalist and editor, who grew up in Lanús and wrote a novel with the title Lanús. - BabasónicosBabasónicosBabasónicos is an Argentine rock band, formed in the early 1990s along with others such as Peligrosos Gorriones and Los Brujos. After emerging in the wave of Argentine New Rock bands of the late '80s and early '90s, Babasonicos became one of the banner groups of the "sonic" underground rock...
- Members of Argentine rock band Babasónicos were born in Lanús - Ricardo MontanerRicardo MontanerRicardo Montaner is an Argentine-Venezuelan singer and songwriter. Starting his career in the early 80s, he has already released more than 15 albums with numerous successful singles and has sold over 22 million record worldwide.-Early years:Montaner was born as Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner, in...
- famous latin musician, born in Lanús.