La Paternal, Buenos Aires
La Paternal | |
---|---|
Location of La Paternal within Buenos Aires | |
Country | Argentina |
Autonomous City | Buenos Aires |
Comuna | C15 |
Area | |
• Total | 2.4 km2 (0.9 sq mi) |
Population (2001 census [INDEC]) | |
• Total | 20,053 |
• Density | 8,400/km2 (22,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
La Paternal or Paternal (English: The Paternal) is a neighborhood or district in the centre of Buenos Aires city, Argentina. It was founded in 1904 by a city decree (decreto) and was named 'La Paternal' after the train station in the neighbourhood, a former industrial zone.
La Paternal neighbours the following barrios: Agronomía, Chacarita, Villa Crespo, Villa General Mitre, Villa Santa Rita and Caballito.
Primarily a residential quarter, it has mostly condos and single-family homes, and a shopping district on its main venue, Avenida San Martín.
The barrio is traditionally associated with Argentinos Juniors football team, whose social headquarters is at the northern part of the neighbourhood.
External links
- (in Spanish) Barriada.com.ar
- (in Spanish) El Paternalense
- (in Spanish) Nuestro Barrio Web
- v
- t
- e
- Agronomía
- Almagro
- Balvanera
- Barracas
- Belgrano
- Boedo
- Caballito
- Chacarita
- Coghlan
- Colegiales
- Constitución
- Flores
- Floresta
- La Boca
- La Paternal
- Liniers
- Mataderos
- Monte Castro
- Monserrat
- Nueva Pompeya
- Núñez
- Palermo
- Parque Avellaneda
- Parque Chacabuco
- Parque Chas
- Parque Patricios
- Puerto Madero
- Recoleta
- Retiro
- Saavedra
- San Cristóbal
- San Nicolás
- San Telmo
- Vélez Sársfield
- Versalles
- Villa Crespo
- Villa del Parque
- Villa Devoto
- Villa Lugano
- Villa Luro
- Villa Mitre
- Villa Ortúzar
- Villa Pueyrredón
- Villa Real
- Villa Riachuelo
- Villa Santa Rita
- Villa Soldati
- Villa Urquiza
34°36′S 58°28′W / 34.600°S 58.467°W / -34.600; -58.467
This article about a location in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e