Rafael Castillo, Buenos Aires

City in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

City in Buenos Aires, Argentina

34°43′S 58°37′W / 34.717°S 58.617°W / -34.717; -58.617Country

ArgentinaProvince

Buenos AiresPartido

La MatanzaDeclared a city1974Area

^[1]

• Total14.25 km² (5.50 sq mi)Elevation

23 m (75 ft)Population

(2010 census [INDEC])

• Total147,965CPA Base

B 1755

Area code+54 11

Rafael Castillo (Spanish: [rafaˈel kasˈtiʝo]) is a western suburb of Buenos Aires, located in La Matanza Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is part of the urban agglomeration of Greater Buenos Aires.

It is named after Rafael Castillo, lawyer and politician who served as the minister of the Interior of Argentina from 1904 to 1906 and owner of the lands where he planned the establishment of the town.

Rafael Castillo was declared a city by the Provincial Legislature on 18 October 1974.^[2]

According to the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of 147,965.

Notable people

Oscar Garré (born 1956), footballer, part of the national squad that won the 1986 FIFA World Cup, was raised in Rafael Castillo.^[3]
Leonardo Pisculichi (born 1984 in Rafael Castillo), footballer.^[4]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rafael Castillo.

^ "La Matanza - Localidades" (in Spanish). Municipality of La Matanza. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
^ "Ley 8252" (PDF) (in Spanish). 1974. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
^ Fuentes, Jorge (27 June 2016). "Oscar Garré, del potrero en Rafael Castillo a levantar la Copa del Mundo". El1 Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2019.
^ "Pisculichi, el "10" que llega; Cruz, el delantero soñado". Clarín (in Spanish). 7 July 2005. Retrieved 29 December 2019.