- Campo de Mayo
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Pagename
imagesize = 240px
image_caption =
image_shield =
pushpin_
pushpin_label_position =bottom
pushpin_map_caption =Location inGreater Buenos Aires
pushpin_mapsize =240
pushpin_map1 =
pushpin_label_position1 =
pushpin_map_caption1 =
pushpin_mapsize1 =
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ARG
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Buenos Aires
subdivision_type2 =Partido
subdivision_name2 = San Miguel
established_title =
established_date =
population_as_of = census-ar|2001
population_total = 1,397
population_density_km2 =
latd = 34
latm = 32
longd = 58
longm = 40
latNS=S|longEW=W
elevation_m = 22
postal_code_type = CPA Base
postal_code = 1659
area_code = +54 11
website =Campo de Mayo is a large military area located in
Greater Buenos Aires ,Argentina , around 30 km from the autonomous city ofBuenos Aires .Campo de Mayo covers an area of convert|8000|ha|acre|0|lk=on|abbr=on and is one of the most important military bases in Argentina. Between 1976 and 1982 during the
Dirty War there were four secret detention centres inside the base. The most notorious were "La Casita", "Prisión Militar de Encausados", "El Campito" and the "Hospital Militar" where newborn babies were confiscated from "dissidents" by the regime.
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.