Banfield, Buenos Aires
Banfield | |
|---|---|
 The corner o Hipólito Yrigoyen Ave. an French St. | |
  Banfield Location in Greater Buenos Aires | |
| Coordinates: 34°45′S 58°23′W / 34.750°S 58.383°WCoordinates: 34°45′S 58°23′W / 34.750°S 58.383°W | |
| Kintra |  Argentinae |
| Province |  Buenos Aires |
| Partido | Lomas de Zamora |
| Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 223,898 |
| • Density | 7851/km2 (20,330/sq mi) |
| CPA Base | B 1828 |
| Area code(s) | +54 11 |
Banfield is a ceety in the Lomas de Zamora Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentinae, 14 km (9 mi) sooth o the centre o Buenos Aires. It fuirms pairt o the Greater Buenos Aires metro aurie.
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
In 1873 Banfield railwey station, namit efter the Inglisman Edward Banfield, the first general manager o the Breetish-awned Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway (Spaingie: Ferrocarril del Sud), wis opened. On 19 August 1873, the first plots o land in the aurie wur advertisit for sale an extensive development teuk place frae the 1880s onwairds.
Sports[eedit | eedit soorce]
The ceety is hame tae Club Atlético Banfield fitbaa club foondit in 1896, an tae the Lomas Athletic Sports Club.
Cultur[eedit | eedit soorce]
Aiblins Banfield's maist significant cultural insitituion is its Julián Aguirre Conservatory o Muisic, foondit bi renoun clessical componer an conductor Alberto Ginastera, in 1951.
Hostin aboot 2,000 students yearly, it is the maist important schuil o clessical an choral muisic in Argentinae an is the alma mater o muisical instructors an scholars throuoot the kintra an Laitin Americae.
The writer Julio Cortázar, tho born in Belgium, spent hintle o his bairnheid in Banfield. Banfield wis hame o the renouned tango componer Alfredo De Angelis an the popular sangster Sandro an aw.
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- (in Spaingie) Lomas Athletic Club - Offeecial steid
- (in Spaingie) Banfield's Commercial Guide
- (in Spaingie) Aguirre Conservatory of Music
