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The first official standardization of time in Argentina took place on 31 October 1894, with establishment of UTC−04:00 as the nation's standard time. [2] From 1920 to 1969, the official time switched biannually between UTC−04:00 as standard time in winter and UTC−03:00 as daylight saving time in summer. [3]
Lezama (officially Ciudad de Lezama, formerly Pueblo y Colonia de Manuel J. Cobo) is the administrative centre of the Lezama Partido in the Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It is 157 km south of the centre of Buenos Aires. It has a population of about 4,500 people (2010). [1]
Benito Juárez is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.It is the administrative centre for Benito Juárez Partido.The town and its partido are named after former Mexican President Benito Juárez; the name was chosen to make a gesture of friendship between Argentina and Mexico.
Nueve de Julio is a city in Buenos Aires Province. It is named for the date of Argentina's Independence Day. [1] It also gives its name to the administrative division of Nueve de Julio Partido. Its UN/LOCODE is AREJO.
Hilario Ascasubi is a town in the southwest corner of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, in the partido of Villarino Partido.It is located on National Route 3.The town is named after Argentine poet Hilario Ascasubi, and a railroad service opened in the town in 1913.
Veinticinco de Mayo (or 25 de Mayo) (in English: 25 May) is a town situated in the centre of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina and has a population of 22,581 (2001). Founded on 8 November 1836, it is the capital city of the partido of the same name .
The Parish of Our Lady of the Pillar was consecrated in 1856, and the partido (county) of Pilar was established in 1864, its first municipal mayor being Tomás Márquez.. A Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway line, its first, reached the town in 1886, and by 1895 nearly 10,000 inhabitants lived in Pilar.
Buenos Aires, the autonomous city and capital of Argentina, is composed of 48 neighbourhoods (locally known as barrios).Since 2008, the city is also legally divided into communes (comunas), each one including one or more barrios.