Ciudadela | |
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 Argentine Army Museum in Ciudadela. | |
  Ciudadela Location inGreater Buenos Aires | |
| Coordinates:34°38′S58°32′W / 34.633°S 58.533°W /-34.633; -58.533 | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Buenos Aires |
| Partido |  Tres de Febrero |
| Founded | December 1, 1910 |
| Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 73,155 |
| CPA Base | B 1702 |
| Area code | +54 11 |
Ciudadela is acity inGreater Buenos Aires,Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is located in theTres de Febrero Partido, immediately to the west of the neighborhood ofLiniers inBuenos Aires city proper. It is separated from the city by General Paz avenue.
Home to acattle ranch in colonial times (Rancho de Castro), the area was the site of a base of operations for ViceroySantiago de Liniers during theBritish invasions of the Río de la Plata of 1806. The first settlement was namedVilla Liniers in his honor, and was the site of a major military camp after 1902. The town began to take shape with the arrival of theFerrocarril Oeste railway in 1910, and was officially established that year. Ciudadela gradually grew around the railway station, and eventually merged into theGreater Buenos Aires urban agglomeration.
Fuerte Apache, whose official name is "Barrio Ejército de los Andes" (English:Army of the Andes Barrio), is a public housing development in Ciudadela. The subject of ongoing controversy, its colloquial name stems fromFort Apache, The Bronx, a 1981 movie about a crime-ridden part ofNew York City.
Ciudadela had 73,155 inhabitants according to 2001 census, and features a lively commerce hub alongAvenida Rivadavia, as well as twoJewish cemeteries. The historic barracks are now the Argentine Army Museum.
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