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
Kintra	Argentinae
Province	Buenos Aires
Partido	Lomas de Zamora
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population  (2001 census [INDEC])
• 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

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

The ceety is hame tae Club Atlético Banfield fitbaa club foondit in 1896, an tae the Lomas Athletic Sports Club.

Cultur

Banfield railwey station.

Larroque avenue.

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

• (in Spaingie) Lomas Athletic Club - Offeecial steid
• (in Spaingie) Banfield's Commercial Guide
• (in Spaingie) Aguirre Conservatory of Music Archived 2008-08-06 at the Wayback Machine