Banfield, Buenos Aires
Banfield, Buenos Aires
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| Coordinates: 34°45′S 58°23′W / 34.75°S 58.383°WCoordinates: 34°45′S 58°23′W / 34.75°S 58.383°W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Buenos Aires |
| Partido | Lomas de Zamora |
| Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Population (2001 census [INDEC]) | |
| - Total | 223,898 |
| - Density | 7,851/km2 (20,334/sq mi) |
| CPA Base | B 1828 |
| Area code(s) | +54 11 |
Banfield is a city in the Lomas de Zamora Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, 14 km (9 mi) south of the centre of Buenos Aires. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires metro area.
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History
In 1873 Banfield railway station, named after the Englishman Edward Banfield, the first general manager of the British-owned railway company Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway, was opened. On August 19, 1873, the first plots of land in the area were advertised for sale and extensive development took place from the 1880s onwards.
Sports
The city is home to Club Atlético Banfield football club founded in 1896, and to the Lomas Athletic Sports Club.
Culture
Perhaps Banfield's most significant cultural insitituion is its Julián Aguirre Conservatory of Music, founded by renown classical composer and conductor Alberto Ginastera, in 1951.
Hosting about 2,000 students yearly, it is the most important school of classical and choral music in Argentina and is the alma mater of musical instructors and scholars throughout the country and Latin America.
