Ciudadela is a city in Greater Buenos Aires

Greater Buenos Aires

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, Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

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, Argentina

Argentina

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. It is located in the Tres de Febrero Partido

Tres de Febrero Partido

Tres de Febrero is a partido of the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation area in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.-Districts:* Caseros* Churruca* Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar* Ciudadela* El Libertador* José Ingenieros...

, immediately to the west of the neighborhood of Liniers

Liniers

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 in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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 city proper. It is separated from the city by General Paz avenue.

History

Home to a cattle ranch in colonial times (Rancho de Castro), the area was the site of a base of operations for Viceroy Santiago de Liniers

Santiago de Liniers

Jacques de Liniers was a French officer in the Spanish military service, and a viceroy of the Spanish colonies of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. He is more widely known by the Spanish form of his name, Santiago de Liniers...

 during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata

British invasions of the Río de la Plata

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 of 1806. The first settlement was named Villa Liniers in his honor, and was the site of an important military barracks after 1902. The town began to take shape with the arrival of the Ferrocarril Oeste railway in 1910, and was officially established that year. Ciudadela gradually grew around the railway station, and eventually merged into the Greater Buenos Aires

Greater Buenos Aires

Greater Buenos Aires is the generic denomination to refer to the megalopolis comprising the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and the conurbation around it, over the province of Buenos Aires—namely the adjacent 24 partidos or municipalities—which nonetheless do not constitute a single administrative...

 urban agglomeration.

Fuerte Apache

Fuerte Apache

Barrio Ejército de los Andes, better known as Fuerte Apache, is a neighbourhood of Ciudadela near the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.Football star Carlos Tévez, nicknamed El Apache, grew up in this quarter.-Development:...

, whose official name is "Barrio Ejército de los Andes" (Army of the Andes Neighbourhood), is a public housing neighborhood in Ciudadela. The subject of ongoing controversy, its colloquial name stems from Fort Apache, The Bronx

Fort Apache, The Bronx

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, a 1981 movie about a crime-ridden part of New York City

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.

Ciudadela had 73,155 inhabitants according to 2001 census, and features a lively commerce hub along Rivadavia Avenue

Rivadavia Avenue

Avenida Rivadavia is one of the principal thoroughfares in Buenos Aires, Argentina, extending from downtown Buenos Aires to the western suburb of Merlo.-History:...

, as well as two Jewish cemeteries. The historic barracks are now the Argentine Army Museum.

Notable Births

• Fernando Gago - professional footballer
• Carlos Tevez
  Carlos Tévez
  Carlos Alberto Tévez is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for English club Manchester City...
  
   - professional footballer

Neighborhoods

• Barrio Ejército de los Andes

• Villa Ingenieros 34°37′12.46"S 58°32′31.56"W

• Villa Reconquista 34°37′39.34"S 58°32′24.28"W

• Villa General Arenales 34°37′48.75"S 58°33′18.04"W

• Villa El Paredón o Los Russos 34°37′17.65"S 58°32′56.38"W

• Villa Matienzo 34°37′14.85"S 58°32′12.56"W

• Barrio San Eduardo 34°37′26.72"S 58°33′13.64"W

• Barrio Ramón Carrillo 34°37′43.77"S 58°33′33.42"W

• Villa Herminia 34°37′38.75"S 58°32′02.12"W

• Villa General Paz 34°37′57.60"S 58°31′54.86"W

• Villa La Paz 34°37′47.04"S 58°31′56.49"W

• Villa Maldonado 34°38′27.47"S 58°32′46.13"W

• Villa Weigel 34°38′42.01"S 58°31′59.04"W

• Sol de Mañana 34°37′53.70"S 58°32′58.33"W

• Villa Herminda 34°38′00.20"S 58°32′17.56"W

• Villa Viejo Artes 34°37′23.71"S 58°33′11.20"W

External links

Cabildo Abierto de Ciudadela History of Ciudadela