Timote is a settlement in
Carlos Tejedor ''
partido'',
Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
Location
It is 18
km east from
Carlos Tejedor, its accesses are over 68 and 70 Provincial Roads.
Population
According to 2010 INDEC National Census, there are 526 persons, what represents an increase of 3,3% over 509 in 2001 census.
History
In 1876, in Foromalán lagoon shore,
Conrado E. Villegas founded ''Capitán Timote'' Fort in honour to
Lieutenant Colonel Pedro Timote, born in
Buenos Aires
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in 1836 and killed in
Santa Rosa battle
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(1874).
Pedro Eugenio Aramburu murder
In Timote, in La Celma estate, on June 1, 1970, the body of ex-president
de facto
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Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
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(1955-1958) was found, after being kidnapped and killed by the Argentine leftist urban guerrilla
Montoneros.
References
Coord.geográficas e imágenes NASA, GoogleTimote, un pueblo que sufre el agua desde 1973
{{Coord, 35, 21, S, 62, 13, W, display=title, region:AR_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province