Moreno Partido is a partido

Departments of Argentina

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 of the Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

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, Argentina

Argentina

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, within the Gran Buenos Aires urban agglomerate

Agglomerate

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. It has an area of 186 square kilometres, and a population of 462,242 . Its named after Argentine politician Mariano Moreno

Mariano Moreno

Mariano Moreno was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician. He played a decisive role in the Primera Junta, the first national government of Argentina, created after the May Revolution....

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The evolution of the population from the end of the 20th century is: 114,041 (1970); 194,440 (1980); 287,295 (1991); 380,503 (2001); 462,242 (2010)

Moreno has grown in population during the first years of the 21st century thanks to the Chinese immigration that swept all over Argentina to which Moreno was no exception.

Moreno is connected to Capital Federal with the railways (Ferrocarril Sarmiento), where Moreno is the last station and Once (Capital Federal) is the first one.

In 2007 Moreno renewed itself by doing a makeover of its bus and train station based on 1980s architectural plan

Architectural plan

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. Several streets in Moreno Centro have changed from two-way streets to one way because of this since the beginning of the 21st century.

Districts (localidades)

• Moreno
  Moreno, Buenos Aires
  Moreno is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of Moreno Partido. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conurbation and is located around to the west of the autonomous city of Buenos Aires....
  
  (capital, or cabecera)
• Moreno Sur
• La Reja
• Francisco Álvarez
• Cuartel V
• Trujui
• Paso del Rey
  Paso del Rey
  Paso del Rey is a city located 35,5 km from Buenos Aires, in Moreno, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.Paso del Rey takes its name from the estancia owned by Senator Amancio Jacinto Alcorta: Estancia Paso del Rey....
  
  

External links

• Municipalidad de Moreno - Official site (Spanish)
• Population estimates for the Buenos Aires area from the United Nations University

News WebPage

• InfoBAN Merlo (Spanish)