Ezeiza Partido is a partido ( second-level administrative subdivision ) located in the southern part of Gran Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires Province , Argentina .
9-480: The provincial subdivision has a population of 160,219 inhabitants in an area of 237 km (92 sq mi), and its capital city is Ezeiza , which is located around 35 km (21.7 mi) from Buenos Aires . Ezeiza and its surroundings is an affluent area where many well-to-do people live. There are many gated communities in Ezeiza. This provincial subdivision is home to Club Social y Deportivo Tristán Suárez ,
18-733: A football club that play in the regionalised 3rd tier of Argentine football, Primera B Metropolitana . This article about a place in Buenos Aires Province , Argentina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ezeiza, Buenos Aires Ezeiza ( Latin American Spanish: [eˈsejsa] ) is the capital city of the Ezeiza Partido within the Greater Buenos Aires area in Argentina . The city had
27-657: A population of 160,219 in 2010. Ezeiza is one of the fastest-growing cities in Argentina; the city and its surroundings are known for the many gated communities there, as well as for the Ministro Pistarini International Airport and the Ezeiza Federal Prison Complex. Ezeiza and its surrounds are known as affluent areas. Inhabited originally by the Querandí people, the land was then claimed by
36-528: The Conquistadores in 1588. The first estancia ( Los Remedios ) and chapel in the area were founded by Juan Guillermo González y Aragón in 1758; one of González's great-grandsons was Manuel Belgrano , one of the most notable leaders of the Argentine War of Independence . Gerónimo Ezeiza bought land nearby in 1767, and by the late 19th century his descendant José María Ezeiza became the largest landowner in
45-617: The National University Council by the school for its nationalization . Part of Esteban Echeverría Partido since its establishment in 1913, Ezeiza was made the seat of its namesake county upon its own establishment in 1994. A new, postmodern city hall was inaugurated in 2007. Esteban Echeverr%C3%ADa Partido Esteban Echeverría Partido is a partido in the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, in Buenos Aires Province in Argentina . The provincial subdivision has
54-473: The area. Following his death, Ezeiza's son-in-law donated land to the Buenos Aires Western Railway , and the town was founded around the new line on 17 July 1885; it was named in honor of the late José María Ezeiza. Dairy farming dominated the Ezeiza landscape during the early 20th century. The town was chosen as the site of the nation's first international airport , which was inaugurated on
63-567: The city) from the 1990s onward. The Bosques de Ezeiza ('Ezeiza Woods') are likewise an important tourist attraction for the area. Other important institutions include the Dr. Alberto Eurnekian Hospital (2008), and the Provincial University of Ezeiza - which opened its doors in 2012 as the first university dedicated to aeronautics in Latin America; a proposal was submitted later that year to
72-523: The northern end of the city in 1949; a new neighborhood, Barrio Uno , was built just north of the airport that year to house its employees, and the Ricchieri Freeway was opened in 1952 to connect the new airport to the city of Buenos Aires . The National Atomic Energy Commission established the Ezeiza Atomic Center, a leading producer of radioisotopes for medical use, in 1967. The freeway
81-477: Was scene of the Ezeiza Massacre , in which at least 13 died in clashes between left and right-wing Peronists vying for the best vantage points from which to view the motorcade for exiled former President Juan Perón upon his return to Argentina on 20 June 1973. Ezeiza grew steadily afterward as a bedroom community , and a number of gated communities were developed (particularly in or near Canning , south of
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