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4 unusual facts about Maipú


Laguna Sur metro station

Laguna Sur station was finally inaugurated on February 3, 2011 by Chilean president Sebastián Piñera along with the rest of stations on the line extension between Barrancas and Plaza de Maipú stations.

Maipú, Buenos Aires

Francisco Bernabé Madero, politician, lawyer and an Argentine businessman, Vice President of the Nation between 1880 and 1886.

In 1929 Juan Manuel Fangio dispute his first race as a companion Manuel Ayerza, on a '28 four-cylinder Chevrolet.

Pudahuel metro station

After Pudahuel station, the underground tunnel makes an abrupt turn to the south west towards Maipú, right under the municipality building.


Chacarita Juniors

Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Greater Buenos Aires.

French Argentine

Frenchmen were particularly numerous in the wine-producing departments of Maipú, Luján and in the French colony of San Rafael, founded by engineer Julio Gerónimo Balloffet.

Rail transport in Argentina

The light rail Tren de la Costa (Train of the Coast), which serves "tourist" and local commuters, runs from the northern suburbs of Buenos Aires to Tigre along the river for approximately 15 kilometres, the line connects directly to the Mitre line at Maipú–Bartolomé Mitre station in the northern suburb of Olivos for direct access to Retiro terminus in the centre of the city.


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