Longchamps is a city

City

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 in Greater Buenos Aires

Greater Buenos Aires

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, Argentina

Argentina

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, located about 30 km south of Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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, in the Almirante Brown Partido

Almirante Brown Partido

Almirante Brown is a partido of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, located at the south of the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, at coordinates .It has an area of 129.33 km²  and 555,731 inhabitants , and its capital is Adrogué....

 (district).

The city owes its name to the race track of the same name located on the Route des Tribunes in the Bois de Boulogne

Bois de Boulogne

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 at Paris

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, France

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, in which the Sociedad Hípica de Lomas de Zamora

Lomas de Zamora

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 (Hipic Society of Lomas de Zamora) inspired to name the city's racecourse.

As a lot of people started to visit the new racetrack, the Hipic Society saw itself obligated to create a Railway stop on the current Roca Railway

Ferrocarril General Roca

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 (Ferrocarril General Roca) ; the stop's foundation date is also used as the foundation date of the city: August 10, 1910.

Finally, a gambler's dispute that ended on a fire

Fire

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destroyed the racetrack.

External links

Municipal website