Crucecita is a town of the Avellaneda Partido in

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, Argentina. It forms part of the

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urban agglomeration. The town is named for the ''Arroyo de la Crucecita'' (Crossing Stream) encountered by a 1580 expedition led by Captain Juan de Garay, the founder of modern-day

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. The Real Consulado de Buenos Aires ordered a

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built over the stream in 1810, and much of the surrounding land later belonged to the Ximenez family. A wave of

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after 1880 led to the southward expansion of the Buenos Aires metro area part

Avellaneda Avellaneda (, ) is a port city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the seat of the Avellaneda Partido, whose population was 342,677 as per the . Avellaneda is located within the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, and is connected ...

, and the first lots in Crucecita were sold to homesteaders in 1887. Following the inaugural of a

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station at the site, the Masllorens Brothers factory, a textile maker, was inaugurated in Crucesita by immigrants from

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. The ''Club Social y Deportivo Unión de Crucecita'', the local

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club, was established in 1939. Presidente Bartolomé Mitre Avenue connects the suburb to

, to the north, and Sarandí, to the south.

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Municipalidad de Avellaneda
Avellaneda Partido Populated places established in 1887 Populated places in Buenos Aires Province {{BuenosAiresAR-geo-stub