Official Name: | Los Cardales |
Pushpin Map: | Argentina |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Argentina |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Pushpin Map1: | Buenos Aires Province |
Pushpin Label Position1: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption1: | Location in Buenos Aires Province |
Pushpin Mapsize1: | 200 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Buenos Aires |
Subdivision Type2: | Partido |
Subdivision Name2: | Exaltación de la Cruz |
Population Total: | 5,342 |
Coordinates: | -34.3333°N -59°W |
Elevation M: | 25 |
Postal Code Type: | CPA Base |
Postal Code: | B 2814 |
Area Code: | +54 2322 |
Los Cardales is a village in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, belonging to Exaltación de la Cruz Partido, of which capital is Capilla del Señor.Exaltación de la Cruz Partido is located between the Zárate, Campana, San Antonio de Areco, San Andrés de Giles, Luján, and Pilar partidos.
The local population includes 5,342 inhabitants, which represents an increase of 51.41% against the 3,528 inhabitants of the previous census.In the 2001 census it was considered an urban area within the Alto Los Cardales in the Campana Partido and increased to 7,705 citizens.
Los Cardales contains a section of railway belonging to the Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre. Rail schedules include 7 trains traveling via Victoria and Capilla del Señor. The concessionaire is the company Trenes de Buenos Aires, though since 1995 the station has been a train stop only.
Since 1994, the bonfire is lit every June 21, which is the winter solstice day, Fogata de San Juan.