Moreno Partido is a
partido of the
Buenos Aires Province,
Argentina
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, within the
Gran 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 adja ...
urban agglomeration
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. It has an area of and a population of 462,242 ().
It is named after the Argentine politician
Mariano Moreno
Mariano Moreno (; September 23, 1778March 4, 1811) was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician. He played a decisive role in the Primera Junta, the first national government of Argentina, created after the May Revolution.
Moreno was b ...
.
Demographics
The evolution of the population from the end of the 20th century is: 114,041 (1970); 194,440 (1980); 287,295 (1991); 380,503 (2001); 462,242 (2010)
Moreno has grown in population during the first years of the 21st century thanks to the Chinese immigration that swept all over Argentina, to which Moreno was no exception.
Transportation
Moreno is connected to the Capital Federal by the railways (Ferrocarril Sarmiento), where Moreno is the last station and Once (Capital Federal) is the first one.
In 2007 Moreno renewed itself by doing a makeover of its bus and train station based on a 1980s
architectural plan
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Dimensio ...
. Because of this several streets in Moreno Centro have changed from being two-way to one-way since the beginning of the 21st century.
Museums
The Museo de Historia Natural "Francisco Javier Muñiz" de Moreno was inaugurated in Moreno Partido in 1999 in honor of
Francisco Javier Muñiz, who was considered the first
paleontologist
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of Argentina. Partido de Luján, now part of Moreno, was the site of his most important discoveries.
Districts (localidades)
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Moreno
Moreno may refer to:
Places Argentina
*Moreno (Buenos Aires Metro), a station on Line C of the Buenos Aires Metro
*Moreno, Buenos Aires, a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
*Moreno Department, a depatnent of Santiago del Estero Province, A ...
(capital, or ''cabecera'')
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Moreno Sur
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La Reja
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Francisco Álvarez
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Cuartel V
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Trujui
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Paso del Rey
References
External links
Municipalidad de Moreno - Official site(Spanish)
News WebPage
InfoBAN Merlo(Spanish)
1864 establishments in Argentina
Partidos of Buenos Aires Province
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