El Palomar is a town in the
urban agglomeration
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of
Greater Buenos Aires
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in
Argentina
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. It is located north-west of the
Buenos Aires
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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
Tres de Febrero
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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
Argentine Air Force
"Argentine Wings"
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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
hockey
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.
French automaker
PSA Peugeot Citroën
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has a manufacturing plant in the area as well.
El Palomar is served by
Ferrocarril General San Martín
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commuter rail service at El Palomar station with easy access to
Retiro Station in downtown
Buenos Aires
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, 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
[Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672]
Archive
. Bundestag
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(West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 17/51.
History
References
External links
ROTARY CLUB EL PALOMARwww.guiapalomar.comOfficial website
{{Authority control
Morón Partido
Tres de Febrero Partido
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
Populated places established in 1910
Cities in Argentina