Moreno is a city in

Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...

, Argentina. It is the head town of

Moreno Partido Moreno Partido is a partido of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, within the Gran Buenos Aires urban agglomeration. It has an area of and a population of 462,242 (). It is named after the Argentine politician Mariano Moreno. Demographics ...

. It forms part of the

Greater Buenos Aires Greater Buenos Aires ( es, Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area ( es, Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, AMBA), refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the adj ...

urban conurbation and is located around to the west of the autonomous city of

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

. According to the , the population was 148,290. Moreno is bordered by

Paso del Rey Paso del Rey is a city located 35.5 km west of Buenos Aires, in Moreno, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Paso del Rey (''King's Ford'') takes its name from the estancia (ranch) owned by Senator Amancio Jacinto Alcorta: ''Estancia Paso de ...

(east),

Trujui Trujui is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the second largest city in 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 Bueno ...

and Cuartel V (north), Francisco Álvarez (west) and Merlo and

Reconquista River The Reconquista River (Spanish, Río Reconquista) is a small river in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Together with the Riachuelo, it is one of the most contaminated watercourses in the country. The Reconquista is part of the Río de la ...

(south).

History

The origin of the city goes back to 1860 when the Argentine railway company ''Camino de Hierro de Buenos Aires al Oeste'' opened a railway station on land donated by

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, ...

and

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Def ...

Amancio Jacinto Alcorta Amancio Jacinto Alcorta (August 16, 1805 – May 3, 1862) was an Argentine composer, policy maker and politician. Life and times Musician and representative Amancio Jacinto Alcorta was born in Santiago del Estero, Argentina, in 1805. His father ...

Education

The area has a German school, Deutsche Schule Moreno.Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672

Archive
.

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(West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 17/51.

Notable residents

Hebe Uhart Hebe Uhart (2 December 1936 – 11 October 2018) was an Argentine writer. In 2017, she received the Manuel Rojas Ibero-American Narrative Award. Career Of her childhood and relationship with books, Hebe Uhart relates: She studied Philosophy at ...

(born 1936), writer and professor

References

External links

Municipal website
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province Populated places established in 1860 Moreno Partido Cities in Argentina 1864 establishments in Argentina {{BuenosAiresAR-geo-stub