Gerli is a town 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 lies in the
partidos of
Avellaneda
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and
Lanús
Lanús () is the capital of Lanús Partido, Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires, in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. The city has a population of 212,152 (), and the Partido de Lan ...
and forms part of the
Greater Buenos Aires
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urban agglomeration
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.
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
Club El Porvenir is an Argentine football club, located in the Gerli district of Lanús Partido in Greater Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera C, the regionalised fourth division of the Argentine football league system.
History
Th ...
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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