San Francisco Solano is a city in
Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It forms part of the
Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires ( es, Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area ( es, Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, AMBA), refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the adjac ...
agglomeration. It is divided between the
Quilmes
Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Río de la Plata, Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the Quilmes Partido, eponymous county. With a population of 230 ...
and
Almirante Brown partidos.
History
* 17 February 1173, the Franciscan convent of Buenos Aires buys territory in the area but sells it in 1871
* 1948, the territory is subdivided into plots and sold by the provincial administration
* 1949, the settlement is officially founded with the name of San Francisco Solano, despite a council resolution to name the settlement after Paulino Barreiro, a Buenos Aires-born judge assassinated in 1840
* 12 October 1981, the settlement is officially declared a city
Name
The city is named after Spanish missionary St.
Francisco Solano (10 March 1549 – 14 July 1610).
Population
There are 53,363 inhabitants who live in the Quilmes-administered part of the city and 28,344 inhabitants in Almirante Brown partido.
External links
Solano-OnLine
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
Populated places established in 1949
Almirante Brown Partido
Quilmes Partido
Cities in Argentina
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