Don Bosco is a locality and rail station in the north-eastern section of the

Quilmes Partido Quilmes is a partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, within the Gran Buenos Aires conurbation. It has an area of , and a population of 580,829 (), making it the third-most populous partido in the Gran Buenos Aires. Named after the Quilmes ...

(south of the

Greater Buenos Aires Greater Buenos Aires (, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (, AMBA), refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of B ...

, Argentina). Formerly called ''"Station of the 13th kilometer"'', it takes its name from the

Salesians of Don Bosco The Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), formally known as the Society of Saint Francis de Sales (), is a religious congregation of men in the Catholic Church, founded in 1859 by the Italian priest John Bosco to help poor and migrant youth during the ...

and the

Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco The Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, formally known as the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (; abbreviated FMA) are a female religious institute formed by Saint Maria Domenica Mazzarello in 1872. They were founded to work alongside Saint John ...

congregations located in Bernal; the same neighbors sought the name change, which was issued on 4 November 1929. The

demonym A demonym (; ) or 'gentilic' () is a word that identifies a group of people ( inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place ( hamlet, village, town, city, region, ...

for residents is ''bosquenses''. Don Bosco stands surrounding the Railway General Roca. His station is the sixth from Constitution Station. It is a mostly residential neighborhood, with a small commercial center near the station.

Population

Don Bosco has 20,876 inhabitants according to the last census. It is the locality with the fewest people in the Quilmes Partido, representing 4% of its population.

Gallery

Image:Trendonbosco.JPG, The rail lines of the Railway General Roca, photographed during a clouding morning. Image:Vista de las vías del ferrocarril en Don Bosco.JPG, View to a street, parallel to the railway.

References

Quilmes Partido Populated places in Buenos Aires Province {{BuenosAiresAR-geo-stub