Balvanera

Also known as Balvanera, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Balvanera, Buenos Aires

Balvanera is a barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Balvanera
Settlement.native_name_lang: spa
Settlement.settlement_type: Neighborhood
Settlement.image_skyline: Balvanera montage.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Clockwise from top: the Argentine National Congress Palace, Confitería del Molino, the Abasto Shopping and Palacio de Aguas Corrientes.
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 12
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Balvanera in Buenos Aires
Settlement.mapsize: 150px
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: Balvanera emblem.png
Settlement.blank_emblem_size: 100px
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Emblem
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Argentina
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous City
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Buenos Aires
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Comuna
Settlement.subdivision_name2: C3

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Wikidata facts

Population: 138926
Area: 4.4
Elevation: 35
Image: Balvanera montage.jpg

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Commons category: Balvanera, Buenos Aires

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Origin of name and alternative names
History and communities
Geography
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Balvanera is a barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

==Origin of name and alternative names== The official name, Balvanera, is the name of the parroquia (parish) centered around the church of Nuestra Señora de Balvanera, erected in 1831.