Martín Coronado is a town in Tres de Febrero Partido

Tres de Febrero Partido

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 of Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

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, Argentina

Argentina

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. It is located in the Greater Buenos Aires

Greater Buenos Aires

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 urban agglomeration.

Name

The town was originally called Villa Lacroze after the original name of the railway station. In 1920 the population accepted a proposal that the town be renamed after Martín Coronado, an important artist in the late 19th and early 20th century who lived in the area.