Martínez is a city in
San Isidro Partido
San Isidro is a partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina found in the north of Greater Buenos Aires. Its capital is the city of San Isidro. It is from the city of Buenos Aires.
The founder of San Isidro city was Domingo de Acassuso, who bui ...
,
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 ...
. It is part of
Greater Buenos Aires
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, and effectively a suburb of
Buenos Aires
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. It is served by a commuter train service, the
Tren de la Costa
Tren de la Costa (in English: "Train of the Coast") is a suburban , 11-station light rail line in Greater Buenos Aires, between Maipú Avenue station in the northern suburb of Olivos and Delta station in Tigre, on the Río de la Plata. The l ...
tourist railway line, and many buses.
Some areas of Martínez, especially near Avenida del Libertador, are relatively affluent. That area is considered rather safe.
Unicenter is a major shopping centre. Some of the better-known cafés are Café Victoria and Café Martinez. A favoured street for shopping is Calle Alvear.
A UBA (Buenos Aires University) building is located in Martínez.
The Martinez local government has a recycling program.
Martínez is distinct from
Villa Martínez de Hoz
A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became s ...
and
Coronel Martínez de Hoz
Coronel Martínez de Hoz is a city located in the '' partido'' of Lincoln in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
The settlement was established in 1904 and named in honour of Miguel Federico Martínez de Hoz an Argentine colonel during the Paragu ...
.
UN/LOCODE
UN/LOCODE, the United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations, is a geographic coding scheme developed and maintained by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). UN/LOCODE assigns codes to locations used in trade and transpor ...
is ARMAR.
Education
Some of the schools located in Martínez are Colegio Naciones Unidas, Colegio Santa Teresa del Niño Jesús, and Polivalente de Arte de San Isidro.
The area once had a German school, Nordschule of the
Nordschule und Goetheschule.
[Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672]
Archive
. Bundestag
The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons ...
(West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 16/51.
References
External links
History of MartínezNews site for San Isidro Partido
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
San Isidro Partido
Cities in Argentina
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