Munro (Buenos Aires Province)
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Vélez Sársfield Avenue, Munro
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 Munro
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| Coordinates: 34°32′S 58°31′W / 34.533°S 58.517°WCoordinates: 34°32′S 58°31′W / 34.533°S 58.517°W | |
| Country |
 Argentina
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| Province |
 Buenos Aires
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| Partido | Vicente López |
| Founded | 30 April 1912 |
| Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Population (2001 census [INDEC]) | |
| • Total | 35,844 |
| CPA Base | B 1605 |
| Area code(s) | +54 11 |
Munro is a quarter of the Vicente López Partido in northern Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, best known for its jeans and apparel stores and outlets. It is located some 20 km from the downtown of the city.
It is bordered by the towns of Villa Adelina, Carapachay and Martínez on the north; Villa Ballester on the west; Florida in the south; and Olivos to the east. The border streets are Mariano Moreno, Bartolomé Mitre Avenue, Paraná, National Highway 9 (Panamericana), Antonio Malaver, Alexander Fleming, Luis María Drago, Primera Junta, Montes de Oca, Capitán Cajaraville, Juramento, Carlos Calvo, Albarellos, and Belgrano.
There are many sports clubs in Munro such as Unión Vecinal de Fomento Munro (founded on 1922), Olivos Rugby Club (1927), Club Unión de Munro (1946), Club Social y Deportivo Industrial Munro (1947).
Some of Munro's local industries are: Atanor, Fabriloza, Colorín, Virulana, Ripán, Telagoma, Bayer, Gillette and other factories of clothing, lumber, steel, food, etc. In the town were located the Lumiton filming studios (they still exist today as a museum of the movies filmed there).
The town area is approximately 5.8 km² and is populated by 35,844 (2001 census [INDEC]), being the third most populous city in the partido, with 13.1% of its total population. In 1991 there were 36,188 citizens, which implies a 1% drop compared to 2001.
The town of Munro was born with the construction of a station of the Ferrocarril Córdoba Central rail line (now Ferrocarril General Belgrano) on April 30, 1912. The English railway company, associated to the Compañía Argentina de Tierras del Norte, acquired lands near the railway and charged its station chief, Alfredo Dionisio Godoy, the lands sale. The station has its name after Duncan Mackay Munro, who worked at the railway company.
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