Glew, Argentina Explained

Settlement Type:City
Official Name:Glew
Pushpin Map:Argentina Greater Buenos Aires
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Buenos Aires Province
Pushpin Mapsize:240
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Partido
Subdivision Name2:Almirante Brown
Population Total:57,878
Coordinates:-34.8833°N -81°W
Elevation M:28
Postal Code Type:CPA Base
Postal Code:B 1856
Area Code:+54 11-2224
Website:www.almirantebrown.gov.ar

Glew is a city in southern Almirante Brown Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Its municipal area of 17.652NaN2 holds a population of 57,878 . It is located 340NaN0 from Buenos Aires city, and connected to it by the Ferrocarril General Roca.

The city originated with the purchase of the land in 1857 by Juan Glew, who established an estancia there. He donated land for the extension of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway in 1865, and a permanent settlement was founded at the site on August 14 by the name of Pueblo Cambaceres (in honor of Antonio Cambaceres, a distinguished writer and legislator who owned an adjacent lot).

The Parish of St. Anne was consecrated in 1905. This small church was chosen in 1953 by a frequent summer visitor, painter Raúl Soldi, for the creation of a series of murals, and on his initiative, the Fundación Soldi was established in Glew in 1979 for the promotion of the arts.

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