Chascomús is the principal city in

Chascomús Partido Chascomús is an east central '' partido'' (administrative district) of the Province of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Some south-southeast of the city of Buenos Aires, the district has a total population of around 37,000, some 35,000 of whom live in ...

in eastern

Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires, officially the Buenos Aires Province, is the largest and most populous Provinces of Argentina, Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of the province an ...

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, located south of the capital

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

. In 2001, the city had a population of 30,670.

History

The city was founded as a fort (the ''Fortín de San Juan Bautista'') on May 30, 1779, by Captain Pedro Nicolás Escribano, head of the Blandengues Cavalry. The city was the site of an 1839

rebellion Rebellion is an uprising that resists and is organized against one's government. A rebel is a person who engages in a rebellion. A rebel group is a consciously coordinated group that seeks to gain political control over an entire state or a ...

against the dictatorial regime of Governor

Juan Manuel de Rosas Juan Manuel José Domingo Ortiz de Rozas y López de Osornio (30 March 1793 – 14 March 1877), nicknamed "Restorer of the Laws", was an Argentine politician and army officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confedera ...

; the uprising, known as the ''Libres del Sur'' ("

Freemen of the South The Freemen of the South () were belligerents in an 1839 rebellion in south Buenos Aires province, Argentina against Federalist Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas. A mixture of disgruntled ranchers and Unitarian revolutionaries, the Freemen briefly t ...

") ended in defeat following a battle on November 7. The

Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway The Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway (BAGS) () was one of the ''Big Four'' Indian gauge, broad gauge, , British-owned companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina. The company was founded by Edward Lumb in 1862 and the f ...

line arrived at the town in 1865, and Chascomús was recognized as a city and department by the Provincial Legislature in 1873.

Notable people

Former Argentine

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Raúl Alfonsín Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín (; 12 March 1927 – 31 March 2009) was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 8 July 1989. He was the first democratically elected president after the 7-yea ...

and his wife, former First Lady

María Lorenza Barreneche María Lorenza Barreneche Iriarte (3 July 1925 – 5 January 2016) was an Argentine public figure and wife of the late President Raúl Alfonsín. She held the position of First Lady of Argentina from 1983 until 1989. Barreneche was born in 1926 ...

, and their son

Ricardo Alfonsín Ricardo Luis Alfonsín (born 2 November 1953) is an Argentine lawyer, academic and politician prominent in the Radical Civic Union. His father, Raúl Alfonsín, was the President of Argentina from 1983 to 1989. He was Argentina's ambassador to S ...

were all born in the city. Other natives include the interim military President Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, professional tennis player

Carlos Berlocq Carlos Alberto Berlocq (; born February 3, 1983) is an Argentine former professional tennis player and coach nicknamed ''Charly'', ''Panther'' and ''Warlocq''. Berlocq's career-high singles ranking was World No. 37, achieved in March 2012. His ...

, 2020 world champion of poker

Damian Salas Damian Salas (born 1975) is an Argentine professional poker player from Chascomús. He won the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2020, becoming the first person from Argentina to win the world championship of poker and the second person from ...

, as well as the cyclists

Juan José Haedo Juan José Haedo (born 26 January 1981) is an Argentine former professional road racing cyclist and track cyclist, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2014. He is the brother of Lucas Sebastián Haedo. Haedo started his career on the tra ...

and

Lucas Sebastián Haedo Lucas Sebastián Haedo (born 18 April 1983) is an Argentine former road racing cyclist from Chascomús, Buenos Aires. He competed as a professional from 2007 to 2018, for the , , , , and teams. He is the younger brother of fellow racing cyclist ...

Gallery

File:Chascomus-antiguo 1875.jpg, Railway station (1875) File:Museo en Chascomús.jpg, Museo Pampeano File:San Martín en Chascomús.jpg, Statue of

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File:Teatro de Chascomús.jpg, Theater File:Municipalidad de Chascomús 2.jpg, Municipality File:CapillaNegros01.JPG, Capilla de los Negros File:Casa de Alfonsín 2.jpg,

's house File:Chascomus MitreyCostanera.jpg, Lake at nightfall File:Fachada de la Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Merced.jpg, Cathedral

References

External links

Municipal website
* Populated places in Buenos Aires Province Populated places established in 1779 {{BuenosAiresAR-geo-stub