San Antonio de Areco is a city in northern

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, and

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of the partido of

San Antonio de Areco San Antonio de Areco is a city in northern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, and administrative seat of the partido of San Antonio de Areco. It is located on the Areco River away from Buenos Aires city, the country's capital. San Antonio de A ...

. It is located on the Areco River away from

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

city, the country's capital. San Antonio de Areco was founded in 1730, under the protection of a chapel inaugurated by José Ruiz de Arellano. It has been declared ''city of historic national interest'' by the Argentine Government and is recognized for being the homeland of

Don Segundo Sombra ''Don Segundo Sombra'' is a 1926 novel by Argentine rancher Ricardo Güiraldes. Like José Hernández's poem ''Martín Fierro'', its protagonist is a gaucho. However, unlike Hernandez's poem, ''Don Segundo Sombra'' does not romanticize the figu ...

, the immortal character of the novel written by

Ricardo Güiraldes Ricardo Güiraldes (13 February 1886 — 8 October 1927)Escuela Normal Superior de Chascomús was an Argentine novelist and poet, one of the most significant Argentine writers of his era, particularly known for his 1926 novel ''Don Segundo Sombra' ...

. The city is the home of the Museo Gauchesco Ricardo Güiraldes. Each year in November, the city holds the Día de la Tradición (''Tradition Day'') gaucho celebration. Since 2001, San Antonio de Areco is sister city of Laredo, Texas in the United States.

Geographical features

Population: the city has 23,114 inhabitants (

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, 2010), against 17 764 inhabitants registered in the previous census (

, 2001). San Antonio de Areco is located in the north east region of Buenos Aires province. The climate is

humid subtropical A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between latitudes 25° and 40° ...

Notable residents

Juan José Güiraldes Air Commodore Juan Jose Guiraldes (January 17, 1917 – September 18, 2003) was an Argentine writer, pilot, news reporter, thinker and airline company president. He was, for a short period during the 1950's, the president of Argentina's flag airli ...

Ricardo Güiraldes' nephew and one time president of Aerolíneas Argentinas

External links

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Tradition Festival- Event ScheduleTurismo en San Antonio de Areco - TourismAreco Ciudad - NewsSecretary of TourismCheska Pastelería
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province Populated places established in 1730 {{BuenosAiresAR-geo-stub