El Peligro
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El Peligro is a town in the La Plata Partido
La Plata Partido
La Plata is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, located some 60 kilometers south-east of the city of Buenos Aires.It has an area of , and a population of 574,369 . Its capital is La Plata, which also serves as the capital of the province...

 of Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...

, located about 22 km west from La Plata City
La Plata
La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....

 (the capital city of the District) and about 45 km southeast from Buenos Aires City
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

.

The town has borders with other towns of the same District (Buchanan, Abasto, Arturo Seguí and Melchor Romero), and so is with other District (Berazategui District
Berazategui Partido
Berazategui is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. With a surface of 188 km²  and a population of 320,224 , it is located at the southeast of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conglomerate, and its capital is Berazategui city.It was part of the Quilmes Partido until 1960.The...

).

It has not any train station inside its borders, so the nearest being Villa Elisa Station. The town is located about 40 km southeast from Ministro Pistarini International Airport
Ministro Pistarini International Airport
Ministro Pistarini International Airport , more commonly known as Ezeiza International Airport owing to its location within the Ezeiza Partido in the Greater Buenos Aires, is an international airport located south-southwest of Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina...

 (the main international airport of Argentina).

Accesses

Its main accesses from Buenos Aires City are the Autovía 2 (former National Route 2) and the Provincial Route 36; both routes meet themselves and run alongside one another up to National Route A004
National Route A004 (Argentina)
National Route A004 is a four-lane highway connecting National Route 1 at km marker 31 with the Juan María Gutiérrez circle in Greater Buenos Aires...

 in the Berazategui District, where Autovía 2 ends and Provincial Route 36 continues its way to Buenos Aires City. The National Route A004 is a highway which at the Hudson Junction connects itself to Ricardo Balbin Highway
National Route 1 (Argentina)
National Route 1, also known as Buenos Aires - La Plata Highway and officially called Autopista Doctor Ricardo Balbín since 2004, connects the Autopista 25 de Mayo in Buenos Aires with Provincial Route 11, near the city of La Plata...

 (better known as Buenos Aires-La Plata Highway).

From La Plata City, its main accesses are also the Autovía 2 (former National Route 2) and the Provincial Route 36; to which one could access through both, 44th and 520th avenues. Another way to get to the town from La Plata City is through Ricardo Balbin Highway (better known as Buenos Aires-La Plata Highway), then taking National Route A004 and finally Autovía 2 or Provincial Route 36.

A secondary way to get to the town is the former Provincial Route 19 (commonly known as Arana Avenue), which links it to Villa Elisa, another town of the same District.

Characteristics

A company called EDELAP is responsible for the electricity supply, and the telephonic service as well as gas supply is provided by a cooperative. There's no running water supply. Moblile Telephone services are available through three operators: Movistar
Movistar
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, Claro
Claro (mobile phone network)
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 and Personal (the three available in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

).

Primary schools

  • School N°123 "Estados Unidos de Brasil", located at the km 44.5 of the Autovía 2.
  • School N°49 "José Hernández", located at the km 44.0 of the Provincial Route 36.
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