Carmen de Areco

Infobox Settlement
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pushpin_map_caption =Location in Argentina
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ARG
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Buenos Aires
subdivision_type2 = Partido
subdivision_name2 = Carmen de Areco
established_title = Founded
established_date = 1780
population_as_of = census-ar|2001
population_total = 12,008
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latm = 31
longd = 60
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postal_code_type = CPA Base
postal_code = 2273
area_code = +54 6727
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Carmen de Areco is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Carmen de Areco Partido.

History

*1779, Viceroy Vértiz ordered Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Bergezé de Ducás to reinforce the line of defence against the native Argentine aborigenes .
*January 1 1780, Juan José Sardén officially established the fort and village of "San Claudio de Areco"
*September 26 1812 Carmen de Areco Partido was founded.
*1857 The name officially changed to "Carmen de Areco"
*24 October 1864, The settlement was declared a town (municipalidad) by provincial law Ley No 422
*1907, The train station was constructed in English Colonial style
*January 22 1908, the first passenger service arrived in the town.

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