Junin, Buenos Aires
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Downtown Junín
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| Coordinates: 34°35′S 60°57′W / 34.583°S 60.950°WCoordinates: 34°35′S 60°57′W / 34.583°S 60.950°W | ||
| Country |
 Argentina
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 Buenos Aires
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| Partido | Junín | |
| Founded | December 27, 1827 | |
| Elevation | 81 m (266 ft) | |
| Population (2010 census [INDEC]) | ||
| • Total | 85,420 | |
| • Density | 3,434/km2 (8,890/sq mi) | |
| CPA Base | B 6000 | |
| Area code(s) | +54 236 | |
| Website | Official website | |
Junín (IPA: [xuˈnin]) is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and administrative seat of the county (partido) of Junín. It has a population of 85,420 (2010 census [INDEC]) and is located 260 km (162 mi) northwest of the city of Buenos Aires. It is most famous as the hometown of former first lady of Argentina, Eva Peron.
Inhabited by the native Charrúa people, the site's strategic location on the Salado River made it of interest to Spanish Viceroy Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo, who established an outpost there in the 1790s as part of a line of defense against raids by displaced natives. The location became known as El Potroso.
El Potroso was reinforced by a fort by way of an 1826 decree by President Bernardino Rivadavia, and on December 27, 1827, the citadel was established under the command of a veteran of the Argentine War of Independence, Bernardino Escribano, as Fuerte de la Federación. The advent of Buenos Aires Province Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas led to Escribano's 1829 destitution as commander; though the intervention of an officer, Isidoro Suárez, averted a bloodbath. Suárez, a veteran of one of the last battles of the War for Independence (the Battle of Junín, in Perú), inadvertently gave the failing settlement its new name by his actions: "Junín."
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