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La Paternal, Buenos Aires

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Country
  
Comuna
  
C15

Area
  
240 ha

Autonomous City
  
Time zone
  
ART (UTC-3)

Population
  
20,053 (2001)

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La Paternal or Paternal (English: The Paternal) is a barrio or district in the centre of Buenos Aires city, Argentina. It was founded in 1904 by a city decree (decreto) and was named 'La Paternal' after the train station in the neighbourhood, a former industrial zone.

Map of Paternal, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

La Paternal neighbours the following barrios: Agronomía, Chacarita, Villa Crespo, Villa General Mitre, Villa Santa Rita and Caballito.

Primarily a residential quarter, it has mostly condos and single-family homes, and a shopping district on its main venue, Avenida San Martín.

The barrio is traditionally associated with Argentinos Juniors football team, whose social headquarters is at the northern part of the neighbourhood.

References

La Paternal, Buenos Aires Wikipedia


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