Banfield, Buenos Aires

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Banfield


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ARG
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Buenos Aires
subdivision_type2 = Partido
subdivision_name2 = Lomas de Zamora
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population_as_of = census-ar|2001
population_total = 223,898
population_density_km2 = 7851
latd = 34
latm = 45
longd = 58
longm = 23
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elevation_m = 16
postal_code_type = CPA Base
postal_code = 1828
area_code = +54 11
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Banfield is a city in the Lomas de Zamora Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, 14 km south of the centre of Buenos Aires. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conurbation.

History

In 1873 Banfield railway station, named after the Englishman Edward Banfield, the first general manager of the British-owned railway company Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway, was opened. On August 15 1874 the first plots of land in the area were advertised for sale and extensive development took place from the 1880s onwards.

port

The city is home to Club Atlético Banfield football club founded in 1896, and to the Lomas Athletic Sports Club.

Culture

Perhaps Banfield's most significant cultural insitituion is its Julián Aguirre Conservatory of Music, founded by renown classical composer and conductor Alberto Ginastera, in 1951.

Hosting about 2,000 students yearly, it is the most important school of classical and choral music in Argentina and is the alma mater of musical instructors and scholars thoughout the country and Latin America.

External links

*es icon [http://www.lomasac.com.ar Lomas Athletic Club - Sitio Oficial]
*es icon [http://www.apa.com.ar/guia/banfield/ Banfield's Comercial Guide]
*es icon [http://www.consaguirre.com.ar/ Aguirre Conservatory of Music]