Llavallol
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Llavallol is a district of Lomas de Zamora Partido
in Buenos Aires Province
, Argentina
. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires
urban conurbation.
The settlement was named in honour of Felipe Llavallol
who governed Buenos Aires between the end of the Battle of Cepeda (1859)
and 1860.
Lomas de Zamora Partido
Lomas de Zamora is a partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, and part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban agglomeration.It has an area of , and a population of 613,192 , the second most populated partido in the Greater Buenos Aires agglomeration...
in 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...
, 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 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 conurbation.
The settlement was named in honour of Felipe Llavallol
Felipe Llavallol
Felipe Esteban Llavallol was an Argentine merchant, philanthropist, lawmaker and briefly Governor of the secessionist State of Buenos Aires.-Life and times:...
who governed Buenos Aires between the end of the Battle of Cepeda (1859)
Battle of Cepeda (1859)
The Battle of Cepeda of 1859 took place on October 23 at Cañada de Cepeda, Santa Fe, Argentina. The Republic of the Argentine Confederation army, led by Federal Justo José de Urquiza defeated the Province of Buenos Aires forces, led by Unitarian Bartolomé Mitre.-The battle in context:Before the...
and 1860.