El Palomar is a town in the

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. It is located north-west of the

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. The city has the peculiarity of being divided between two partidos of Buenos Aires Province: Morón, where it is called El Palomar, and

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, where it is called Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar. Of its 74,751 inhabitants (), 57,146 live within the Morón jurisdiction and 17,605 live in Tres de Febrero. El Palomar was established with a station by that name belonging to the Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway ( es, Ferrocarril Buenos Aires al Pacífico) opened in 1910. Developer Publio Massini sold the first lots on November 8 of that year, and Juan Manuel Giuffra established the El Palomar Development Council, which obtained electric lighting for the area in its early years. The city is home to the National Military College ( es, Colegio Militar de la Nación), the 1st Air Brigade ( es, Primera Brigada Aérea) of the

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, and El Palomar Airport. The Italian Society of Tiro al Segno (Target Shooting) (S.I.T.A.S.), is located in Palomar. Horse riding, tennis, soccer, yoga, shooting, hockey, bodybuilding, and other sports can be practiced here. In an annex is the training venue for rugby and

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. French automaker

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has a manufacturing plant in the area as well. El Palomar is served by

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commuter rail service at El Palomar station with easy access to Retiro Station in downtown

, as well as by National Route 7.

Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar

Inaugurated in 1944, Ciudad Jardín was conceived with the idea of creating a garden city that offered a balance of urban life with green spaces, a city within a city.

Climate

Education

The area once had a German school, Gartenstadt Schule

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History

References

External links

ROTARY CLUB EL PALOMARwww.guiapalomar.com
Official website

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