Gerli is a town in
Buenos Aires Province
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, Argentina. It lies in the
partidos of
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
Lanús and forms part of the
Greater Buenos Aires
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urban agglomeration.
History
*30 March 1909: The settlement was officially established on territory owned by Antonio Gerli.
*1944: Gerli was divided by the creation of the Lanús Partido.
*11 November 2005: Gerli was officially declared a municipality by the Legislature of Buenos Aires Province.
Population
Gerli had a population of 64,640 inhabitants , 31,090 in Avellaneda and 33,250 in Lanús.
Sport
The town is home to
Club El Porvenir a
football
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club who play in the lower leagues of Argentine football.
Neighbourhoods
* Barrio 15 de Noviembre (1969)
* Barrio Agüero (1958)
* Barrio La Maquinita (1965)
* Barrio Obrero Nº 2 (1950)
* Barrio Unidad y Lucha (1985)
* Gerli Este
* Gerli Oeste (1916)
* La Mosca (1930)
* Villa Angélica (1910)
* Villa Argentina (1913)
* Villa Armandina (1922)
* Villa Aurora (1908)
* Villa Calcagnino (1913)
* Villa Campomar (1929)
* Villa Dorado (1916)
* Villa Echenagucía (1894)
* Villa Fischer (1900)
* Villa Garbarino (1906)
* Villa Heredia (1915)
* Villa Hunter (1926)
* Villa Ideal (1912)
* Villa Iris (1913)
* Villa Isabel (1912)
* Villa Kilómetro 5 (1925)
* Villa Mailhos (1927)
* Villa Marconi (1938)
* Villa Mercado (1924)
* Villa Modelo (1914)
* Villa Moss (1910)
* Villa Otamendi (1930)
* Villa Oyuela (1925)
* Villa San Martín (1924)
* Villa Sapito (1960)
* Villa Sarmiento (1945)
External links
*
Municipal website
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
Populated places established in 1909
Avellaneda Partido
Lanús Partido
1909 establishments in Argentina
Cities in Argentina
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