Timote is a settlement in
Carlos Tejedor ''
partido'',
Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires, officially the Buenos Aires Province, is the largest and most populous Provinces of Argentina, Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of the province an ...
, Argentina.
Location
It is 18
km east from
Carlos Tejedor, its accesses are over 68 and 70 Provincial Roads.
Population
According to 2010 INDEC National Census, there are 526 persons, what represents an increase of 3,3% over 509 in 2001 census.
History
In 1876, in Foromalán lagoon shore,
Conrado E. Villegas founded ''Capitán Timote'' Fort in honour to
Lieutenant Colonel Pedro Timote, born in
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...
in 1836 and killed in
Santa Rosa battle (1874).
Pedro Eugenio Aramburu murder
In Timote, in La Celma estate, on June 1, 1970, the body of the
de facto ex-president and dictator
Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (1955-1958) was found, after being kidnapped and killed by the Argentine leftist urban guerrilla
Montoneros.
References
Coord.geográficas e imágenes NASA, GoogleTimote, un pueblo que sufre el agua desde 1973
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Populated places in Buenos Aires Province