Balcarce
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Places

  • Balcarce
    Balcarce, Buenos Aires
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    , a city in the Buenos Aires Province
    Buenos Aires Province
    The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...

    , Argentina
  • Balcarce Partido
    Balcarce Partido
    Balcarce Partido is a partido of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.The provincial subdivision has a population of 42,040 inhabitants in an area of 4,120 km² , and its capital city is Balcarce, which is located around from Buenos Aires.-Name:The partido is named after Antonio González...

    , the district surrounding the town of Balcarce.

People

  • Antonio González de Balcarce
    Antonio González de Balcarce
    Antonio González de Balcarce was an Argentine military commander in the early 19th century.González de Balcarce was born in Buenos Aires. He joined the armed forces as a cadet in 1788. In the battle for Montevideo in 1807, he was captured by the British forces and taken to England...

     (1774 - 1819), Argentine
    Argentina
    Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

     military commander
  • Juan Ramón Balcarce
    Juan Ramón Balcarce
    Juan Ramón González de Balcarce was an Argentine military leader and politician.Juan was the older brother of Antonio González de Balcarce and of Marcos González de Balcarce. He fought against the British in 1807, and in the 1812 military campaign in Peru under General Manuel Belgrano. He was...

    (1773 - 1836), Argentine military leader and politician
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