Lan?s (Spanish pronunciation: [la'nus]) is the capital of Lan?s Partido, Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires, in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. The city has a population of 212,152 (2001 census [INDEC]), and the Partido de Lan?s has a total population of 453,500.A major industrial centre, it is served by freight and passenger railway lines. The city has chemical, armaments, textiles, paper, leather and rubber goods, wire, apparel, oils and lubricants industries, as well as tanneries, vegetable and fruit canneries. Several technical schools are located in the city, as well as the Eva Per?n Medical Center, one of the largest in the Greater Buenos Aires area.The city has a football club, Club Atl?tico Lan?s currently playing in the Argentine Primera Divisi?n. Club Atl?tico Lan?s also has a basketball team.Guillermo Gaebeler initiated the town's development, designing its first city master plan. Gaebeler established the town as Villa General Paz on October 20, 1888, and named its first streets and plazas after the numerous battles won by General Jos? Mar?a Paz in the Argentine Civil Wars of the mid-19th century. Lan?s was named in honor of Anacarsis Lan?s, who owned the land where the city is today located until his death in 1888, in 1955.
Founding date
1888-10-20
Population total
212152
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