Don Bosco, Buenos Aires

Don Bosco
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Coordinates: 34°42′0″S 58°17′0″W / 34.7°S 58.283333°W / -34.7; -58.283333Coordinates: 34°42′0″S 58°17′0″W / 34.7°S 58.283333°W / -34.7; -58.283333
Country	Argentina
Province	Buenos Aires Province
Partido	Quilmes
Government
– Mayor	Francisco Gutiérrez (FPV-Polo Social)
Area
– Total	n/a km2 (n/a sq mi)
Elevation	11 m (36 ft)
Population (2001)[1]
– Total	20,876
– Density	n/a/km2 (n/a/sq mi)
Time zone	P (UTC-3)
– Summer (DST)	O (UTC-2)
Código Postal (CP)	B1876
Website	www.quilmes.gov.ar
Don Bosco Location in the Greater Buenos Aires

Don Bosco is a locality and a rail station, in the north-eastern of the Quilmes Partido (south of the Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina). Formerly called "Station of the 13th kilometer", takes its name from Don Bosco by the influence of the Salesians of Don Bosco and the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco congregations located in Bernal; the same neighbors sought the name change, which was issued on 4 November 1929. The demonym for residents is bosquenses.

Don Bosco stands surrounding the Railway General Roca. His station is the sixth from Constitution Station.

It is a mostly residential neighborhood, with a small commercial center near the station.

Population

Don Bosco has 20,876 inhabitants according to the last census^[1]. It is the locality with the fewest people in the Quilmes Partido, representing 4% of its population.^[1]

Gallery

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  The rail lines of the Railway General Roca, photographed during a clouding morning.

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  View to a street, parallel to the railway.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "INDEC Census 2001". http://www.indec.mecon.ar/censo2001s2_2/datos/04000lc121.xls.