Chascomús is the principal city in

Chascomús Partido Chascomús is an east central '' partido'' (administrative district) of the Province of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Some south-southeast of the city of Buenos Aires, the district has a total population of around 37,000, some 35,000 of whom live i ...

in eastern

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, located south of the capital

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. In 2001, the city had a population of 30,670.

History

The city was founded as a fort (the ''Fortín de San Juan Bautista'') on May 30, 1779, by Captain Pedro Nicolás Escribano, head of the Blandengues Cavalry. The city was the site of an 1839

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against the dictatorial regime of Governor

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; the uprising, known as the ''Libres del Sur'' (" Freemen of the South") ended in defeat following a battle on November 7. The

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line arrived at the town in 1865, and Chascomús was recognized as a city and department by the Provincial Legislature in 1873.

Notable residents

Former Argentine

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and his wife, former

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María Lorenza Barreneche, and their son

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were all born in the city. Other natives include the interim military President

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, professional tennis player Carlos Berlocq, 2020 world champion of poker

Damian Salas Damian Salas (born 1975) is an Argentinian poker player from Chascomús. He won the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2020, becoming the first person from Argentina to win the world championship of poker and the second person from South Americ ...

, as well as the cyclists

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and

Lucas Sebastián Haedo Lucas Sebastián Haedo (born 18 April 1983) is an Argentine former road racing cyclist from Chascomús, Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires. He competed as a professional from 2007 to 2018, for the , , , , and teams. He is the younger brother of ...

Gallery

File:Chascomus-antiguo 1875.jpg, Railway station (1875) File:Museo en Chascomús.jpg, Museo Pampeano File:San Martín en Chascomús.jpg, Statue of José de San Martín File:Teatro de Chascomús.jpg, Theater File:Municipalidad de Chascomús 2.jpg, Municipality File:CapillaNegros01.JPG, Capilla de los Negros File:Casa de Alfonsín 2.jpg,

's house File:Chascomus MitreyCostanera.jpg, Lake at nightfall File:Fachada de la Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Merced.jpg, Cathedral

References

External links

Municipal website
* Populated places in Buenos Aires Province Populated places established in 1779 {{BuenosAiresAR-geo-stub