Los Hornos
Los Hornos | |
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Town | |
Los Hornos Location in Buenos Aires Province Los Hornos Los Hornos (Argentina) | |
| Coordinates: 34°57′S 57°58′W / 34.950°S 57.967°W | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Province | Buenos Aires |
| Partido | La Plata |
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 54,406 |
| CPA Base | B 1900 |
| Area code | +54 221 |
Los Hornos is a town in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Los Hornos belongs to the Greater La Plata urban conglomerate. Its name, (Spanish for "the [brick] ovens" or "the furnaces"), refers to the several brick factories that were located in the area at the end of the 19th century, and which supplied the bricks for many of the buildings in the nascent city of La Plata. The area was heavily settled by Italian immigrants, and became renowned for its many family orchards.[1][2]
In Los Hornos one can find a cemetery and the St. Benjamin parish.[3]
References
- ^ "Una pujante comunidad, de festejo". El Dia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
- ^ Vallejo, Gustavo (2000). "DE LOS APENINOS A LA PLATA. Los italianos en la construcción de la "nueva capital"" (PDF). Anuario del Instituto de Historia Argentina (in Spanish). 1.
- ^ "Centros Comunales". estadistica.laplata.gov.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.