Coghlan is a ''
barrio
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'' (neighbourhood), of the city of
Buenos Aires
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,
Argentina
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.
It is the name of a
middle class
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neighbourhood located between
Belgrano Belgrano may refer to:
People
* Joaquín Belgrano (1773–1848), an Argentine patriot
* José Denis Belgrano (1844–1917), Spanish painter
* Joseph Belgrano (1762–1823), Argentine military officer and politician, brother of Manuel
* Manuel Belg ...
,
Saavedra,
Núñez and
Villa Urquiza; it was originally inhabited by
Irish and
English immigrants.
The 1887 sale of 30 hectares (75 acres) of land to the
Mitre Railway led to the railway's extension under the direction of
Irish Argentine engineer
John Coghlan, in whose honor the train station was named. The sale of residential lots after 1891 led to the rapid growth of what was then a suburb of Buenos Aires and, in 1896, Dr.
Ignacio Pirovano
Ignacio is a male Spanish and Galician name originating either from the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning born from the fire, of Etruscan origin, or from the Latin name "Ignatius" from the word "Ignis" meaning "fire". This was the name of sev ...
opened an emergency hospital, today among the city's public medical facilities.
Coghlan was formally designated as a ''barrio'' (borough) in 1968 and is today still a quiet
bedroom community
A commuter town is a populated area that is primarily residential rather than commercial or industrial. Routine travel from home to work and back is called commuting, which is where the term comes from. A commuter town may be called by many o ...
known for its big, English style residences.
References
External links
Statistics
at Barriada
Neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires
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