El Peligro is a town in the
La Plata Partido
La Plata is a partido (department) in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, some southeast of the city of Buenos Aires.
It has an area of , and a population of 774,369 (). Its capital is La Plata, which also serves as the capital of the province. ...
of
Buenos Aires Province
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, located about 22 km west from
La Plata City (the capital city of the District) and about 45 km southeast from
Buenos Aires City
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.
The town has borders with other towns of the same ''partido'' (county) namely: Buchanan, Abasto, Arturo Seguí and Melchor Romero, as well as bordering on
Berazategui Partido
Berazategui is a Partidos of Buenos Aires, partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. With an area of and a population of 320,224 (), it is at the southeast of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conglomerate, and its capital is Berazategui city.
I ...
.
There is not any train station inside its borders; the nearest being Villa Elisa Station. The town is about 40 km southeast of
Ministro Pistarini International Airport
Ministro Pistarini International Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini) , also known as Ezeiza International Airport owing to its location in the Ezeiza Partido in Greater Buenos Aires, is an international airport s ...
(the main international airport of Argentina).
Accesses
Its main accesses from Buenos Aires City are the Autovía 2 (former National Route 2) and the Provincial Route 36; both routes meet themselves and run alongside one another up to
National Route A004 in the Berazategui District, where Autovía 2 ends and Provincial Route 36 continues its way to Buenos Aires City. The National Route A004 is a highway which at the Hudson Junction connects itself to
Ricardo Balbin Highway (better known as Buenos Aires-La Plata Highway).
From La Plata City, its main accesses are also the Autovía 2 (former National Route 2) and the Provincial Route 36; to which one could access through both, 44th and 520th avenues. Another way to get to the town from La Plata City is through Ricardo Balbin Highway (better known as Buenos Aires-La Plata Highway), then taking National Route A004 and finally Autovía 2 or Provincial Route 36.
A secondary way to get to the town is the former Provincial Route 19 (commonly known as Arana Avenue), which links it to Villa Elisa, another town of the same District.
Characteristics
A company called EDELAP is responsible for the electricity supply, and the telephonic service as well as gas supply is provided by a cooperative. There's no running water supply. Mobile Telephone services are available through three operators:
Movistar
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,
Claro and Personal (the three available in
Argentina
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).
Primary schools
* School N°123 "Estados Unidos de Brasil", located at the km 44.5 of the Autovía 2.
* School N°49 "José Hernández", located at the km 44.0 of the Provincial Route 36.
External links
*{{ar-mi-muni, BUE066
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
La Plata Partido