Capitán Sarmiento
Capitán Sarmiento railway station
Capitán Sarmiento railway station
Capitán Sarmiento is located in Argentina
Capitán Sarmiento
Capitán Sarmiento
Location in Argentina
Coordinates: 34°10′S 59°47′W / 34.167°S 59.783°W / -34.167; -59.783
Country Argentina
Province Buenos Aires
PartidoCapitán Sarmiento
Founded21 December 1961
Elevation
54 m (177 ft)
Population
 (2001 census [INDEC])
  Total11,316
CPA Base
B B2752
Area code+54 2478

Capitán Sarmiento is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Capitán Sarmiento Partido.

History

The town and partido were established by provincial law on 21 December 1961. It was named after Domingo Fidel Sarmiento, adopted son of former President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.

The town became widely known in 1995, when a province-wide vote to select a new flag for Buenos Aires Province elected a design made by schoolboys from two schools in Capitán Sarmiento. Governor Eduardo Duhalde later issued a decree declaring the town "Cradle of the flag of Buenos Aires", and in 2011 a monument was erected in the town to commemorate its status as such.[1]

References

  1. "Capitán Sarmiento: Cuna de la Bandera de la Provincia de Buenos Aires". La Noticia 1 (in Spanish). 11 August 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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