Benito Juárez is a city in
Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...
, Argentina. It is the
administrative centre
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for
Benito Juárez Partido
Benito Juárez is a partido ( second level administrative subdivision) in the south-central part of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.
The provincial subdivision has a population of 20,402 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Be ...
. The town and its
partido are named after former
Mexican President
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Benito Juárez
Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Liberalism in Mexico, Mexican liberal politician and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. As a Zapotec peoples, Zapo ...
; the name was chosen to make a gesture of friendship between Argentina and Mexico.
Geography
Benito Juárez's main city had a population of 14,279 (INDEC, 2010), which represented a 3% growth since 2001 when the city had a population of 13,868.
Climate
Benito Juárez's climate is mild, with an average temperature of and of precipitation annually. Minimum temperatures below have been recorded in the winter months. Rainfall occurs throughout the year but more frequently in between the months of October and march.
Orography
Towards the Partido of Tandil is set the Tandilia System, an ancient mountain range and one of the oldest rock formations on Earth. The small hills are about high and are all that remain of this once mighty mountain range. The most known hills are: "San Martín de la Tinta", "Lomadas" and "El Sombrerito". The system is built on two billion year old igneous and metamorphic rock that most likely was a part of the supercontinent
Rodinia
Rodinia (from the Russian родина, ''rodina'', meaning "motherland, birthplace") was a Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic supercontinent that assembled 1.26–0.90 billion years ago and broke up 750–633 million years ago.
were probably ...
when its coasts were uplifted during the Paleoproterozoic Era. Layers of stratified sediments built up on this base over a period of hundreds of millions of years. Many of these sediments consist of quartz arenite and claystones containing an abundance of fossils and offer insights into life on Earth after the Cambrian–Ordovician extinction event of 488 million years ago.
Personalities
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Julio Alak
Julio César Alak (born 9 January 1958) is an Argentine politician. From 1991 to 2007 he was ''intendente'' (mayor) of La Plata, the capital city of Buenos Aires Province. He served as Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Argentina from 2009 ...
, Minister of Justice and Humans Rights of Argentina, ex-CEO of Aerolíneas Argentinas and ex-mayor of La Plata city.
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Juan José Ebarlin, TC Mouras 2012 champion, ACTC 3° category. In 2013 he will pilot in ACTC's 2° category.
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Emiliano Narbaits, world champion of Pelota-Paleta Pamplona 2012.
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Andres Perco, sports journalist specialized in motor racing. He used to work in (Tyc Sports).
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Carlos Mosse, Vice Minister of Economy of Argentina (2003-2007)
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Atilio Marinelli (5 de mayo de 1933 - 24 de julio de 1978), famous movie and television actor during the decades of 1950, 1960, and 1970. His work and fame are not only remembered in Argentina, he used to work in México during the first years of 1970. He died of lung cancer in the city of Buenos Aires on July 24 of 1978 at the age of 45 years.
External links
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Benito Juárez website
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Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
Cities in Argentina
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