Moreno is a city in
Buenos Aires Province
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, Argentina. It is the head town of
Moreno Partido. It forms part of the
Greater Buenos Aires
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Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of B ...
urban conurbation and is located around to the west of the autonomous city of
Buenos Aires
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.
According to the , the population was 148,290.
Moreno is bordered by
Paso del Rey (east),
Trujui and
Cuartel V (north),
Francisco Álvarez (west) and
Merlo and
Reconquista River (south).
History
The origin of the city goes back to 1860 when the Argentine railway company ''Camino de Hierro de Buenos Aires al Oeste'' opened a railway station on land donated by
politician
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and
composer
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Etymology and def ...
,
Amancio Jacinto Alcorta.
Education
The area has a German school, Deutsche Schule Moreno, as well as other private schools such as Colegio Juan XXIII, and Instituto Corazón de Jesús.
For higher education, there is the Universidad Nacional de Moreno,
[http://www.unm.edu.ar/ ] where students can enroll in careers related to Applied Sciences and Technology, Economic Sciences and Law, and Humanities and Social Sciences.
Notable residents
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Hebe Uhart
Hebe Uhart (2 December 1936 – 11 October 2018) was an Argentine writer. In 2017, she received the Manuel Rojas Ibero-American Narrative Award.
Career
Of her childhood and relationship with books, Hebe Uhart relates:
She studied Philosophy at ...
(born 1936), writer and professor
Gallery
File:Moreno 01.jpg, Statue of Mariano Moreno
Mariano Moreno (; September 23, 1778March 4, 1811) was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician. He played a decisive role in the Primera Junta, the first national government of Argentina, created after the May Revolution.
Moreno was bor ...
(1778-1811), Argentine politician from whom the city takes its name
File:Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral.jpg, ''Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario'' (Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral), seat of the Diocese of Merlo-Moreno
File:Alcorta Amancio.png, Amancio Jacinto Alcorta (1805-1862), owner of ''Estancia Paso del Rey''
References
External links
Municipal website
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
Populated places established in 1860
Moreno Partido
Cities in Argentina
1864 establishments in Argentina
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