Don Torcuato is a town in the

Tigre Partido Tigre Partido is a ''Partidos of Buenos Aires, partido'' of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, situated in the northern part of Greater Buenos Aires. The department covers a large section of the Paraná Delta and its low-lying islands. The main t ...

of the

urban agglomeration An urban area is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas originate through urbanization, and researchers categorize them as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs. In urbani ...

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, Argentina. It is named after

Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear Máximo Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear y Pacheco (4 October 1868 – 23 March 1942) served as president of Argentina between from 1922 to 1928. His period of government coincided precisely with the end of the Post-war, postwar world crisis, w ...

, ex-

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, as he had his ranch and residency there. Most of the streets are named after his immediate family and his governmental staff. Don Torcuato has two train stations on the

Belgrano Norte Line The Belgrano Norte line is a commuter rail service in Buenos Aires, Argentina run by the private company Ferrovías since 1 April 1994. This service had previously been run by the state-owned General Belgrano Railway since nationalisation of ...

with direct connection to

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, and also the nearby Pascual Palazzo highway, part of the

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. It formerly had a

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airfield, bearing the same name (''Don Torcuato'' -

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SADD Sadd (, meaning "dam", "wall", or "rampart") may refer to: * Sadd-e Chamran * Sadd-e Ekbatan * Sadd-e Kalateh * Sadd-e Karun Chahar * Sadd-e Kharu * Sadd-e Kheyrabad * Sadd-e Shavur * Sadd-e Toroq See also * SADD (computing), a sideways bit ...

), that was closed in January 2006.

Climate

Sports

Don Torcuato is known to be the home of Hindu Club,

most recent rugby tournament champion.

References

External links

Local website
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Local website
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