Monte Grande is a city which forms part of the urban agglomeration of Greater Buenos Aires. It is the administrative seat of Esteban Echeverría Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
Monte Grande | |
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  Monte Grande | |
| Coordinates: 34°49′S 58°28′W / 34.817°S 58.467°W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Buenos Aires |
| Partido | Esteban Echeverría |
| Founded | April 3, 1889 |
| Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 109,644 |
| • Density | 4,858/km2 (12,580/sq mi) |
| CPA Base | B 1842 |
| Area code | +54 11 |
It was founded in 1824 as an agricultural colony. The government of Martín Rodríguez worked with William Parish Robertson to settle 500 Scottish immigrants in the town in the 1820s.[1]
It has an area of 22.57 km2 (8.71 sq mi) and a population of 109,644 inhabitants (2001 census [INDEC]).
Named for the Pago de Monte Grande founded by a Spanish Empire Conquistador, the town initially grew around tala and ombú forests, to which vineyards and peach trees were later added. The Sociedad Coni, Sansinena y Cía., prominent Avellaneda-area saladero operators, purchased the land from the Fair family in 1889; Governor Máximo Paz signed a bill establishing Monte Grande on April 3 of that year. Among Monte Grande's first significant businesses were kiln opened by Coni & Sansinena, and the Bon Marché market. Esteban Echeverría Partido was established in 1913, with Monte Grande as its county seat. A number of meat packing plants operated here during much of the 20th century, though these eventually closed. A Coca-Cola bottling plant and the Sofía Santamarina Hospital thus became two of the largest employers in the city, which became a bedroom community with a services-oriented economy.[2]
In Monte Grande, there was an oversea telegraphy radio station.
Gallery
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"Paseo Alem" -
Civic Center -
Mitre Square -
Train station
References
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- ^ Silveira, Alina. "The arrival of the Symmetry and the Creation of the Monte Grande Settlement". Bridge to Argentina. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Origen del Pueblo de Monte Grande". Historia Metro Campomar. Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
External links
edit- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)
- Todo Monte Grande (in Spanish)
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