Isidro Casanova
Isidro Casanova | |
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Isidro Casanova Location in Greater Buenos Aires | |
| Coordinates: 34°42′S 58°35′W / 34.700°S 58.583°W | |
| Kintra | |
| Greater | |
| Partido | La Matanza |
| Foondit | 15 Mey 1911 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 19.5 km2 (7.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 131,981 |
| • Density | 6,800/km2 (18,000/sq mi) |
| CPA Base | B 1765 |
| Area code(s) | +54 11 |
| Website | www.casanova-web.com.ar |
Isidro Casanova is a ceety in La Matanza Partido, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentinae. It borders the touns o Villa Luzuriaga, San Justo, Ciudad Evita, Rafael Castillo, Laferrere, an Ezeiza.
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]The aurie encompassin Isidro Casanova wis initially utilisit bi cattle ranches an dairy ferms established bi German Argentine immigrants aroond 1850. The Buenos Aires Midland Railway (Spaingie: Ferrocarril Midland de Buenos Aires) extendit soothwast intae the aurie in 1909,[1] an the San Sebastián station wis inauguratit. A railyard follaeed in 1910, an in 1911, the Carhué station wis opened; tho the toun haes nae specific establishment date, 15 Mey o that year wis later acknawledgit as its foondation.[2]
The dounset's first significant manufacturin establishment wis inauguratit shortly efterwaird bi Isidro Casanova, a Italian Argentine immigrant. The toun wis renamit in his honor follaein his daith, an ane o its main streets wad later be namit República de Portugal in honor o the toun's distinction as the hame o the lairgest Portuguese commonty in Argentinae. The Provincial Legislatur recognisit Isidro Casanova as a ceety on 29 August 1974.[3] Local historian Alejandro Enrique published twa volumes on the history o Isidro Casanova in 2010.[4]
Sport
[eedit | eedit soorce]The ceety is hame tae the Club Almirante Brown fitbaa club, foondit in 1922.
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Meenistry o Interior, Argentinae. (in Spaingie)
- (in Spaingie) Centro de Estudios Históricos de Isidro Casanova Archived 2007-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Spaingie) Club Almirante Brown
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Historia de Isidro Casanova". Archived frae the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 6 Januar 2014.
- ↑ "Ferrocarril Midland". Archived frae the original on 5 Juin 2013. Retrieved 6 Januar 2014.
- ↑ "Historia de Isidro Casanova". Archived frae the original on 14 Apryle 2001. Retrieved 6 Januar 2014.
- ↑ "Isidro Casanova. La historia de un pueblo. La vida de una ciudad".