Dolores, Buenos Aires
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Plaza Castelli, central square of Dolores
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| Coordinates: 36°19′S 57°40′W / 36.317°S 57.667°WCoordinates: 36°19′S 57°40′W / 36.317°S 57.667°W | ||
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 Argentina
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 Buenos Aires
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| Partido | Dolores | |
| Founded | 21 August 1817 | |
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) | |
| Population (2001 census [INDEC]) | ||
| • Total | 24,120 | |
| CPA Base | B 7100 | |
| Area code(s) | +54 2245 | |
Dolores is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative centre for Dolores Partido. The town settlement was officially founded by Ramón Lara on 21 August 1817.
On March 9, 2008 an intercity bus from the company El Rápido Argentino collided with a Ferrobaires passenger train with 250 passengers on board at a level crossing on the Provincial Highway 63 on the outskirts of Dolores, killing seventeen people and injuring at least twenty-five. The bus driver disregarded the railroad crossing signals, which at the time of the accident were operating properly.
Train station (1880s)
Train station (2007)
Train station (2014)
Old bridge
Old bridge (Route 2)
Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (Spanish)
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