Belgrano, Buenos Aires
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Clockwise from top: Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown, Barracas de Belgrano, a typical residential street in Belgrano "R" and River Plate Stadium.
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 Location of Belgrano within Buenos Aires |
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 Argentina
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| Autonomous City | Buenos Aires | |
| Comuna | C13 | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi) | |
| Population (2001) | ||
| • Total | 138,942 | |
| • Density | 20,000/km2 (53,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | ART (UTC-3) | |
Belgrano is a leafy, northern barrio or neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The barrio of Palermo is to the southeast; Nuñez is to the northwest; Coghlan, Villa Urquiza, Villa Ortúzar and Colegiales are to the southwest.
Belgrano was named after Manuel Belgrano, a politician and military leader who created the national flag of Argentina. In 1820, at Belgrano's death, Buenos Aires' legislature introduced a law to name the next town to be founded after him. This happened in 1855, when the Buenos Aires government, fearful that relatives of Juan Manuel de Rosas would dispute the governmental decision to expropriate Rosas' lands, laid down a new town on part of it and named it Belgrano. The town was declared a city shortly thereafter, due to its booming growth, and in 1880 it became the nation's capital for a few weeks, because of the dispute between the national government and Buenos Aires province for the status of the city of Buenos Aires. It was in Belgrano that the law declaring Buenos Aires as Argentina's federal capital was issued.
In 1887, the federal district was enlarged by the annexation of the towns (partidos) of Belgrano and Flores. Belgranodeutsch or Belgrano-Deutsch is a mixture of German and Spanish spoken in Buenos Aires, specifically in the neighborhood of Belgrano.
Belgrano is an upper-middle-class neighborhood that can be roughly divided into Belgrano R, Belgrano C, central Belgrano, and Lower Belgrano (Bajo Belgrano). The heart of the barrio pulses with life on its main thoroughfare, Avenida Cabildo, which runs Northwest to Southeast; the subway (subte) Line D follows its route.
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