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Villa Ortúzar

Coordinates: 34°34′50″S 58°28′06″W / 34.58056°S 58.46833°W / -34.58056; -58.46833
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Villa Ortúzar
Triunvirato Avenue, Villa Ortúzar
Triunvirato Avenue, Villa Ortúzar
Location of Villa Ortúzar within Buenos Aires
Location of Villa Ortúzar within Buenos Aires
CountryArgentina
Autonomous CityBuenos Aires
ComunaC15
Area
 • Total1.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total22,591
 • Density19,000/km2 (49,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-3 (ART)

Villa Ortúzar is one of the neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires. Its limits are La Pampa St., Forest Ave., Elcano Ave., Ferrocarril General Urquiza railroads, Del Campo Ave., Combatientes de Malvinas Ave. and Triunvirato Ave.

The "Villa" received its name as after Esq. Santiago Francisco de Ortúzar y Mendiola, a basque businessman who bought the "area" the 26th of April 1862 paying for it 265,000 pesos.

34°34′50″S 58°28′06″W / 34.58056°S 58.46833°W / -34.58056; -58.46833