Tortuguitas - Transfer & Transportation Guides

City in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tortuguitas is a town in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, is 40 kilometers (25 mi) northwest of Buenos Aires. The city is located in the Malvinas Argen Partido (county), and its population was 41.390 inhabitants per census 2001. Part of a large estancia in colonial times, which is owned by Alonso de Escobar was the land bought in 1925 by Blas País family when Cordoba Station was built in the area in 1925. The establishment of the Tortugas Country Club by Antonio Maura in 1930 was followed by a stop near the line known Apeadero as 40 km (km. 40 stop). The stop was upgraded as a station along the General Belgrano railway on June 9, 1947. The Blas País family began selling lots to developers as early as 1942, and the many dairy farms in the area gradually developed into residential subdivisions that gave Tortuguitas his bedroom community character. Although located near the northwest end of the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, Tortuguitas advantage of direct access to the city via Route 8, which was converted into a highway in the 1980s. This is also promoted the development of significant production in the east end of tortuguitas, along Route eighth The 88 hectares (220 acres) Tortuguitas Industrial Park, was formally appointed in 1999, contains the local subsidiary of BASF, GE Plastics, and Unilever, and Molinos Rio de la Plata's Lucchetti pasta plant. The coherent El Triangulo District includes the SKF factory in Argentina (1972) and the Tortugas Open Mall (2010). In 2015, DirecTV Arena, Argentina opened the largest in the city. .... Learn more at Wikipedia

Name	Tortuguitas
Long Name	Tortuguitas, Argentina
Region	Buenos Aires
Country	Argentina
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