El Palomar is a town in the urban agglomeration of

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. It is located north-west of the

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. The city has the peculiarity of being divided between two partidos of

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: Morón, where it is called El Palomar, and Tres de Febrero, where it is called Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar. Of its 74,751 inhabitants (), 57,146 live within the Morón jurisdiction and 17,605 live in Tres de Febrero. El Palomar was established with a station by that name belonging to the

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( es, Ferrocarril Buenos Aires al Pacífico) opened in 1910. Developer Publio Massini sold the first lots on November 8 of that year, and Juan Manuel Giuffra established the El Palomar Development Council, which obtained electric lighting for the area in its early years. The city is home to the

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( es, Colegio Militar de la Nación), the 1st Air Brigade ( es, Primera Brigada Aérea) of the Argentine Air Force, and

El Palomar Airport El Palomar Airport is a commercial and military airport in El Palomar, Argentina. It is the home base for the 1st Air Brigade ( es, link=no, Primera Brigada Aérea) of the Argentine Air Force, which is mainly a transportation unit. It is locat ...

. The Italian Society of Tiro al Segno (Target Shooting) (S.I.T.A.S.), is located in Palomar. Horse riding, tennis, soccer, yoga, shooting, hockey, bodybuilding, and other sports can be practiced here. In an annex is the training venue for

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and hockey. French automaker

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has a manufacturing plant in the area as well. El Palomar is served by Ferrocarril General San Martín commuter rail service at El Palomar station with easy access to Retiro Station in downtown

, as well as by National Route 7.

Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar

Inaugurated in 1944, Ciudad Jardín was conceived with the idea of creating a garden city that offered a balance of urban life with green spaces, a city within a city.

Climate

Education

The area once had a German school, Gartenstadt Schule

Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672

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History

References

External links

ROTARY CLUB EL PALOMARwww.guiapalomar.com
Official website

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