Carlos Casares (often referred to as Casares) is a town 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. It is the head town of the

Carlos Casares Partido Carlos Casares Partido is a Partidos of Buenos Aires, partido of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 21,000 inhabitants in an area of . Its capital city is Carlos Casares, Buenos Aires, Carlos C ...

History

The settlement gradually developed around a station on the

Buenos Aires Western Railway The Buenos Aires Western Railway (BAWR) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Oeste de Buenos Aires), inaugurated in the city of Buenos Aires on 29 August 1857, was the first railway built in Argentina and the start of the extensive rail network which was ...

, opened in 1889. The station was named after Carlos Casares,

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between 1875 and 1878. The town and '' partido'' were founded on 8 January 1907, from territory taken from

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and

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. Leading local institutions include the Verdi Theatre (maintained by the Italian Society), the Bristol Theatre (maintained by the Hebrew Society), the Church of Our Lady of Carmen (1941), the

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Cultural Center and Library, and El Bagual Traditionalist Center.

Economy

Carlos Casares figures prominently in

Argentine agriculture Agriculture is one of the bases of Argentina's economy. Argentine agriculture is relatively capital intensive, today providing about 7% of all employment,

. A leading center of

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cultivation, as well as of

maize Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...

sorghum ''Sorghum'' () is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the grass family (Poaceae). Some of these species are grown as cereals for human consumption and some in pastures for animals. One species is grown for grain, while many othe ...

soy The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (''Glycine max'') is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses. Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from which tofu and ...

, and

wheat Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeologi ...

, the city's largest employer is the Grobocopatel Brothers Company, a major Argentine exporter. The National Sunflower Festival (''Fiesta Nacional del Girasol''), first organized in 1963, is held in Carlos Casares every November.Fiesta Nacional del Girasol
The town also attracts tourism as the center of the Trail of Forts (''Huella de Fortínes''), historically known as the "Western Frontier of Buenos Aires Province." The 100-km (62-mi) horse trail begins at Fort Paz, and includes guided tours of the remains of

fort A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

s built during the 1870s to ward off indigenous raids.

External links

Municipal website

References

Populated places in Buenos Aires Province Populated places established in 1907 {{BuenosAiresAR-geo-stub