Tres Sargentos is a village in Carmen de Areco Partido

Carmen de Areco Partido

Carmen de Areco is a partido of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.The provincial subdivision has a population of about 14,000 inhabitants in an area of 1,080 km² ], and its capital city is Carmen de Areco, which is located 140 km  from Buenos Aires.-Settlements:*Carmen de...

, 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...

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History

The General Manuel Belgrano

Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano

Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano , named after the Argentine politician and military leader Manuel Belgrano, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the railway network in 1948...

 railway was laid through the area in 1906, the station was established in 1907.

Name

The name of the settlement was inspired by events at the Battle of Vilcapugio

Battle of Vilcapugio

The Battle of Vilcapugio was an action fought on October 1, 1813 during the second Campaign of Upper Peru in the Argentine War of Independence, where the republican forces led by General Manuel Belgrano were defeated by a pro-Spanish royalist army, led by Joaquin de la Pezuela.The campaign was...

, after the defeat General Belgrano sent Gregorio La Madrid

Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid

Comandante General Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid was an Argentine military leader and, briefly, governor of several provinces like Córdoba, Mendoza and his native province of Tucumán.Lamadrid fought beside General Belgrano and General San Martín during the Argentine War of Independence, as a prominent...

 three soldiers and the native Reynaga on a reconnaissance

Reconnaissance

Reconnaissance is the military term for exploring beyond the area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about enemy forces or features of the environment....

 mission. They came across a number of the enemy, formed a plan of attack and took them hostage. The raid is remembered as action of Tambo Nuevo

Action of Tambo Nuevo

The Action of Tambo Nuevo, also known as Hazaña de los Tres Sargentos was a successful cavalry raid carried out between 23 and 25 October 1813, during the second Upper Peru campaign of the Argentine War of Independence, by a small detachment of Dragones of the Army of the North...

. The streets are named in honour of military personnel at the battle José María Gómez, Santiago Albarracin, Juan Bautista Salazar, Indio Reynaga, General Lamadrid and General Belgrano.

Famous residents

The small settlement has produced a number of professional footballers, the brothers Mariano

Mariano Pavone

Hugo Mariano Pavone is an Argentine footballer who plays for Club Atlético Lanús in the Argentine Primera División, as a striker.-Estudiantes:...

 and Gonzalo Pavone

Gonzalo Pavone

Gonzalo Norberto Pavone is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker.-Football career:...

 as well as their cousin José Basanta

José Basanta

José María Basanta is an Argentine football defender. He currently plays for CF Monterrey in Mexico.-Career :...

come from Tres Sargentos.