Almagro neighborhood

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Almagro is a traditional, centrally located neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, known for its historic tango culture, dense urban character, and vibrant local commerce.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Retiro neighborhood 5
Almagro neighborhood canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf barrio of Buenos Aires
neighborhood
belongsTo Greater Buenos Aires urban area
bordersWith Balvanera neighborhood
Boedo neighborhood
Caballito neighborhood
Palermo neighborhood
Villa Crespo neighborhood
continent South America
country Argentina
culturalHeritage lunfardo culture
tango
demographicCharacteristic high population density
hasBuildingType historic houses
mid-rise apartment buildings
hasCharacteristic centrally located
dense urban character
traditional neighborhood
vibrant local commerce
hasCulturalInstitution Centro Cultural Konex
hasReligiousBuilding Basilica of Saint Carlos and Mary Help of Christians
hasSquare Plaza Almagro
Plaza Mariano Boedo
historicalDevelopment grew with arrival of European immigrants
urbanized mainly in late 19th century
knownFor cafes
historic tango culture
milonga venues
theaters
landUse mixed residential and commercial
languageUsed Spanish
locatedIn Buenos Aires
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
mainAvenue Avenida Corrientes
Avenida Díaz Vélez
Avenida Independencia
Avenida Medrano
Avenida Rivadavia
partOf Comuna 5 of Buenos Aires
postalCode C1180
C1203
publicTransport Buenos Aires Underground Line A
Buenos Aires Underground Line B
Buenos Aires Underground Line H
timeZone UTC−03:00

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Avenida Corrientes runsThrough Almagro neighborhood
San Nicolás neighborhood borderedBy Retiro neighborhood
linked to: Almagro neighborhood
Port of Buenos Aires adjacentTo Retiro neighborhood
linked to: Almagro neighborhood
Medrano station serves Almagro neighborhood
Torre Monumental locatedIn Retiro neighborhood
linked to: Almagro neighborhood
9 de Julio Avenue passesThrough Retiro neighborhood
linked to: Almagro neighborhood
Castro Barros station serves Almagro neighborhood
Plaza Fuerza Aérea Argentina partOf Retiro neighborhood
linked to: Almagro neighborhood