Máximo Fernández (Rail station Juan F. Salaberry) is a hamlet in Bragado county,
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
It is the "Cuartel VIII", 25 km away from the city of
Bragado
Bragado is a city in the center-northwest province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the head town of Bragado Partido. The city is 210 km west-southwest from Buenos Aires City, not far from the Salado River. Bragado is served by the Sarmiento ...
, located on the highway between La Limpia and San Emilio. In Máximo Fernández there are 2 public
elementary school
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...
s.
The name is in honor of Don Maximo Fernandez, who had his ranch there "Estancia La Matilde" (estancia is a term for ranch) and donated part of his land to "
Ferrocarril Oeste de Buenos Aires
The Buenos Aires Western Railway (BAWR) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Oeste de Buenos Aires), inaugurated in the city of Buenos Aires on 29 August 1857, was the first railway built in Argentina and the start of the extensive rail network which was ...
" (Rail station) in 1893 to inaugurate the Juan F. Salaberry station. Later the
ranch was purchased by Salaberry-Bercetche, which in 1942 sold it to Don Francisco M. Suárez Zabala who changed the name of the ranch for "Estancia Montelen", that keeps the same name till now.
Rail station
Train station Juan F. Salaberry belongs to the Lincoln-Once long-distance service whereby the company
Ferrobaires passes, the train stops if requested by a passenger.
Population
There are 43 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001), representing an increase of 54% compared with 28 inhabitants (INDEC, 1991) the previous census.
External links
Municipality Bragado
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Populated places in Buenos Aires Province