La Matanza ('The Slaughter' in Spanish) is a '' partido'' (county or department) located in the

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. This provincial subdivision had 1,775,272 inhabitants (at the 2010 Census) in an area of . Its capital city is San Justo, which is located around from the

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History

The origin of the name is uncertain. Is believed to reference a confrontation that Diego, the brother of conquistador Pedro de Mendoza, had with the Querandí tribe in 1536, where he and 22 soldiers that were with him died. This area and the river were named La Matanza (The Slaughter) probably in his name, sometimes using the plural form (Matanzas). The oldest document in which the name of La Matanza appears is dated 29 July 1603. The partido was named Pago until 1730, then Partido de Matanza y Pozos (Partido of Slaughter and Wells): it was then a largely underpopulated rural area, and was led by a two-mayor system. In 1784, the partido was divided in two into La Matanza and Cañada de Morón (Morón Gully). In 1856, the capital city San Justo was founded. In the 20th century, its population dramatically increased with the influx of the European immigration first and the internal migration later to the surroundings of the

, followed by migrants from neighbouring countries (mainly Bolivia and Paraguay) by the end of the century.

Population

According to the Argentine census bureau, the INDEC, the population was 1,121,298 in 1991, 1,255,288 in 2001 and 1,772,130 in 2010. With an estimate of over 2 million by 2020, it is the most populated ''partido'' in the

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and the most populated municipality in the country.

Administrative subdivisions

La Matanza Partido is divided into sixteen subdivisions or ''localidades'': * Aldo Bonzi * Ciudad Evita * González Catán *

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* Isidro Casanova *

La Tablada La Tablada is a city in Argentina. It is located in La Matanza Partido and is part of the Greater Buenos Aires metro area. Overview La Tablada initially developed around the Buenos Aires Western Railway ( es, Ferrocarril Oeste de Buenos Aires) ...

Lomas del Mirador Lomas del Mirador is a city of the La Matanza Partido in Greater Buenos Aires. Located outside Buenos Aires along the southwest edge of the General Paz Freeway, the city has a population of 51,488 ( INDEC, 2001). The land where Lomas del Mirad ...

* Rafael Castillo *

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* San Justo (seat) * Tapiales * Veinte de Junio * Villa Celina * Villa Luzuriaga *

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* Virrey del Pino

Notes and references

External links

Municipality of La Matanza

National University of La Matanza

''El1 Digital'', a local newspaper
Partidos of Buenos Aires Province States and territories established in 1784 {{BuenosAiresAR-geo-stub