Exaltación de la Cruz Partido
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Exaltación de la Cruz Partido de Exaltación de la Cruz |
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 location of Exaltación de la Cruz Partido in Buenos Aires Province |
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| Coordinates: 36°19′S 57°40′W / 36.317°S 57.667°W | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Established | October 25, 1864 |
| Founded by | provincial law 422 |
| Seat | Capilla del Señor |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Adrián Sánchez, PJ |
| Area | |
| • Total | 662 km2 (256 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 29,805 |
| Postal Code | B2763, B2764, B2812, B2814, B6703 |
| IFAM | BUE038 |
| Area Code | 02323, 02322 |
| Patron saint | Nuestra Señora. de los Dolores |
| Website | http://www.exaltaciondelacruz.gov.ar |
Exaltación de la Cruz Partido is a partido located in the north-east part of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.
The provincial subdivision has a population of 29,805 inhabitants in an area of 662 km2 (256 sq mi), and its capital city is Capilla del Señor, which is located 80 km (50 mi) from Buenos Aires.
It is bounded by the Zárate, Campana, Pilar, San Antonio de Areco, San Andrés de Giles and Luján partidos.
The latest information obtained in the 2010 census points out that the partido has a population of 29,805 inhabitants.
1527 - Don Sebastián Gaboto, discoverer of the lands that are now the Exaltación de la Cruz Partido, baptizes the Paraná de las Palmas river as such on Palm Sunday that year, to exist in its banks profusion of palm trees and palms which were used in that celebration.
1536 - Don Pedro de Mendoza founded the city of Buenos Aires for the first time.
1580 - Don Juan de Garay, from Asunción of the Paraguay, founded Buenos Aires for the second time to reaffirm the rights of the Spanish Crown against Lusitanians expansionist intentions. One of the measures to implement this territorial defense is the distribution of lands or lots of small farms, making the 24 October of the same year between 25 neighbors who had accompanied him in the final founding of Buenos Aires. In 1580, near to the second foundation of Buenos Aires, the fields of the partido used to make up "Pago de la Cañada de la Cruz".
1614 - The Compañía de Jesús is established on lands of present districts of Exaltación de la Cruz and Zárate, initiating livestock resource exploitation and control of the goods from the north. In addition to the small farm production, the Jesuits founded a harbor and a school.
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