Samborombón is a small rural community in
Brandsen Partido 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, located at Kilometer 90 of
Route 2
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International
* AH2, As ...
. The name Samborombón is a variation of San Borondón, the Spanish name of
St. Brendan
Brendan of Clonfert (c. AD 484 - c.577), is one of the early Celtic Christianity, Irish monastic saints and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. He is also referred to as Brendan the Navigator, Brendan the Voyager, Brendan the Anchorite, Br ...
.
Population
According to the last census the population count was 198 ().
Are there two Samborombón?
About 10 km. southwest of
Brandsen
Brandsen is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Brandsen Partido.
History
The city built up around a railway station named ''Coronel Brandsen'' which was named after Colonel Federico de Brandsen, who fought in ...
, near an old road that connected to
Brandsen
Brandsen is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Brandsen Partido.
History
The city built up around a railway station named ''Coronel Brandsen'' which was named after Colonel Federico de Brandsen, who fought in ...
with
Ranchos, is another place called Samborombón, which is often confused with the town. At that other Samborombón there is an abandoned train station of the former Rail Buenos Aires Province, a school, No. 16 of District Brandsen, and a few houses.
See also
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Samborombón River
The Samborombón River (Spanish language, Spanish, ''Río Samborombón'', literally "Brendan the Navigator, Saint Brendan River") is a river of Argentina. It empties into Samborombón Bay in the southern part of the Río de la Plata.
See also
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Samborombón Bay
Samborombón Bay () is a bay on the coast of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Located at the Río de la Plata's mouth on the Argentine Sea, it begins about southeast of Buenos Aires and is about wide.
Toponymy
The bay is thought to have been ...
External links
Coord and NASA, Google images
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
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