Maipú, Buenos Aires Explained

Official Name:Maipú
Pushpin Map:Argentina
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Argentina
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Pushpin Mapsize1:200
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1: Buenos Aires
Subdivision Type2:Partido
Subdivision Name2:Maipú
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1875
Population Total:8,865
Coordinates:-36.8667°N -109°W
Elevation M:19
Postal Code Type:CPA Base
Postal Code:B 7160
Area Code:+54 2268

Maipú is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative seat of Maipú Partido. It has a population of 8,865. Located in the Pampa, the land is low and swampy. The predominant activity in its catchment area is cattle breeding. It is a central service provider to the rural area.

Maipú is along Route 2. It is from the Buenos Aires and from Mar del Plata. The town was founded in 1875 by Francisco Bernabé Madero.

History

The village that later became known Maipú was founded in 1864. On 17 April 1866, the Justice of the Peace Party, with headquarters at the Mari-Huincul, Don Enrique Sundbland, the only public land reserves remaining at the site, southeast of the current site for the foundation of a people. The land they had settled, the fledgling village, belonged to Francisco Bernabé Madero, bordering with the current party of General Guido. As of April 1, 1875 approving the route and the name requested by Madero, which was to Maipu. The work was completed on September 26, 1878, and decree declaring that date partido head, accepting the donations made by Madero land for the building of the court, municipality, school, church, square and cemetery.

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