Crucecita

Crucesita
Crucesita Location in Greater Buenos Aires
Coordinates: 34°40′0″S 58°21′0″W
Kintra	Argentinae
Province	Buenos Aires
Partido	Avellaneda
Elevation	3 m (10 ft)
Population  (2001 census [INDEC])
• Total	22,000
CPA Base	B 1872*
Area code(s)	+54 11

Crucecita is a destrict o the Avellaneda Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentinae. It forms pairt o the Greater Buenos Aires urban agglomeration.

The toun is namit for the Arroyo de la Crucecita (Crossin Stream) encoontered bi a 1580 expedition led bi Captain Juan de Garay, the foonder o modren-day Buenos Aires. The Real Consulado de Buenos Aires ordered a pontoon brig built ower the stream in 1810, an hintle o the surroondin laund later belangit tae the Ximenez faimily. A wave o immigration in Argentinae efter 1880 led tae the soothwaird expansion o the Buenos Aires metro aurie pairt Avellaneda, an the first lots in Crucecita wur sauld tae hamesteaders in 1887. Follaein the inaugural o a Ferrocarril Provincial de Buenos Aires station at the steid, the Masllorens Brothers factory, a textile maker, wis inauguratit in Crucesita bi immigrants frae Barcelona. The Club Social y Deportivo Unión de Crucecita, the local fitbaa club, wis establisht in 1939. Presidente Bartolomé Mitre Avenue connects the suburb tae Avellaneda, tae the north, an Sarandí, tae the sooth.

Freemit airtins

• Municipalidad de Avellaneda Archived 2015-10-23 at the Wayback Machine