Castelar is a city in Morón Partido (county),

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, Argentina, some 30 km west of the nation's capital, the autonomous city of

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. It is part of the

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metropolitan area. Castelar is the westernmost city of the Morón Partido, and borders on

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. It is the second most populated city in Morón, and it's located in the western side of it.

Climate

Economy

The Sero electric factory is located in Castelar.

History

The first owner of the land now known as Castelar was Mateo Sanchez, who received a squared portion of land laid upon Moron Creek ―the zone previously known as Cañada de Ruiz― according to the orders of the governor Juan Ramirez de Velasco. Surprisingly, the limits of that land were almost double the size of the current city. In 1610 the land suffered its first change of owner, since Mateo Sanchez had sold it to captain Francisco Romero from Santa Cruz. The lot continued to be in the hands of Romero's descendants until 1673, the year that Sebastian de Gilles acquired it, which led to a slow fragmenting of the land.

Notable residents

* Daniel Guerrero - television and film actor, radio announcer and television show host * Brian Smith - racing driver * Eduardo Sacheri - writer * Margarita Stolbizer - politician * Nicolás Laprovíttola - basketball player * Pedro Troglio - former football player * Claudio Borghi - former football player * Diego Capusotto - actor *

Nora Cortiñas Nora Irma Morales de Cortiñas (born Nora Irma Morales; 22 March 1930 – 30 May 2024), better known as Nora "Norita" Cortiñas, was an Argentine social psychologist and human rights activist. She was a co-founder of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo a ...

- human rights activist *

Reynaldo Bignone Reynaldo Benito Antonio Bignone (21 January 1928 – 7 March 2018) was an Argentine general who served as the ''de facto'' President of Argentina from 1 July 1982 to 10 December 1983, the last president to serve under the National Reorganization ...

- general and dictator

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