Maipú, Buenos Aires
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Maipú is a town in 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...

, 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...

. It is the head town of the Maipú Partido
Maipú Partido
Maipú Partido is a partido located in the central eastern part of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.The provincial subdivision has a population of about 10,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Maipú.-Economy:...

. It has a population of 8,865. Being located in the Pampa depressed the land is low and swampy. The predominant activity in its catchment area is the breeding of cattle. Provides a central service provider to the rural area.
It is located in the important traffic of Route 2, which connects the City of Buenos Aires, which lies at 264 km, with Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"...

. It also has an airfield.
Founded in 1875 by Francisco Bernabé Madero settlement for the authorities of the jurisdiction.

History

Since 1864 he has a history of the formation of a village that later became known Maipú. In 1866, more precisely on 17 April, the then Justice of the Peace Party, with headquarters at the "Mari-Huincul, Don Enrique Sundbland, the only public land reserves remaining at the site, southeast of the current site for the foundation of a people. The land they had settled the fledgling village belonged to Francisco Bernabé Madero were bordering with the current party of Gral. Guido. As of April 1, 1875 approving the route and the name requested by Madero, which was to Maipu. The work was completed on September 26, 1878 and decree declaring that date patido head, accepting the donations made by Madero land for the building of the court, municipality, school, church, square and cemetery.

Featured Maipuenses

  • Francisco Bernabé Madero
    Francisco Bernabé Madero
    Francisco Bernabé Madero was an Argentine lawyer and politician. He served as Vice President of Argentina, and founded the town of Maipú.-Life and times:...

    , politician, lawyer and an Argentine businessman, Vice President of the Nation between 1880 and 1886. He founded the city of Maipú
  • Oscar Alende
    Oscar Alende
    Oscar Eduardo Alende was an Argentine politician who founded the Intransigent Party.Alende was born in Maipú, Buenos Aires Province. He studied medicine at the University of La Plata, where he led the student union, and completed his medical studies at the University of Buenos Aires in 1933...

    , Argentine physician and politician, Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires in the period 1958-1962, Member of the Nation on several occasions (1952-1955 and 1985-1996) and founder of the PI.
  • Julian Camino
    Julián Camino
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    , football player, champion Estudiantes de La Plata in the Metropolitan National 1982 and 1983. Argentina Football Team during the period 1983-1985. He was part of the coaching staff by Alejandro Sabella who led Estudiantes de La Plata (Libertadores champion 2009 and Opening 2010)
  • Silvio Duarte, football player
  • Cristóbal Repetto, tango singer
  • Mariano Castro, is an Argentine singer Roots Reggae sound and reggae fusion known as Dread Mar-I. He attended college and working at the bakery from his father (J. Lynch and Alsina) in Maipú
    Maipú, Buenos Aires
    Maipú is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Maipú Partido. It has a population of 8,865. Being located in the Pampa depressed the land is low and swampy. The predominant activity in its catchment area is the breeding of cattle...

     before returning to Buenos Aires where he began his career as a singer.

Milestones

  • In 1929 Juan Manuel Fangio
    Juan Manuel Fangio
    Juan Manuel Fangio , nicknamed El Chueco or El Maestro , was a racing car driver from Argentina, who dominated the first decade of Formula One racing...

     dispute his first race as a companion Manuel Ayerza, on a '28 four-cylinder Chevrolet. The competition is played between Coronel Vidal and Maipú
    Maipú, Buenos Aires
    Maipú is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Maipú Partido. It has a population of 8,865. Being located in the Pampa depressed the land is low and swampy. The predominant activity in its catchment area is the breeding of cattle...


External links

  • http://diario.alta-joda.com.ar

Http://www.carnavaldemaipu.com.ar/ (website of Carnaval Nacional de la Amistad in Spanish)
  • Http://www.semanamaipuens.com.ar/ (newspaper in Spanish)
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