Coronel Suárez - Transfer & Transportation Guides

City in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Coronel Suárez is a city in Buenos Aires province, Argentina. It is the administrative center of Coronel Suárez Partido. Partido created in 1882 by the government of Buenos Aires province in Argentina who shared the territory of Tres Arroyos in the partidos of Tres Arroyos, Coronel Pringles and Coronel Suárez. The latter partido, and its main town, named after Manuel Isidoro Suárez (1799-1846), a colonel in the Argentine army who fought in the wars of independence against the Spanish and led the Peruvian and Colombian infantry to victory in the Battle of Junin in Junin in Peru August 6, 1824. Colonel Suárez was the great-grandfather of the writer Jorge Luis Borges. The city was on 28 May 1883 by Eduardo Casey at the border of Indian Territory and a fort was built on the river Sauce Corto. It was originally settled by Volga German immigrants. On 16 May 1884 a railway station was opened in Olavarría to Bahia Blanca line, operated by the British-owned Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway. In 1907 a second station was opened on the French-owned Ferrocarril Rosario y Puerto Belgrano line. Today Coronel Suárez has a population of 23,621 inhabitants (2010) and its main economic activities are related to agriculture and livestock breeding. It is known for its Polo Club, founded in 1929, whose team has achieved outstanding success over the years in the annual Open Polo Championship in Argentina, the world's most important polo tournaments, including winning the championship for ten years in a row between 1961 and in 1970. .... Learn more at Wikipedia

Name	Coronel Suárez
Long Name	Coronel Suárez, Argentina
Region	Buenos Aires
Country	Argentina
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