Alejandro Korn, Buenos Aires

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Alejandro Korn (Argentina)
Coordinates: 34°58′S58°22′W / 34.967°S 58.367°W / -34.967; -58.367
CountryFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Province Bandera de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.svg Buenos Aires
Partido San Vicente
FoundedAugust 14, 1865
Elevation
22 m (72 ft)
Population
 (2001 census [INDEC])
  Total21,407
CPA Base
B 1864
Area code +54 2225

Alejandro Korn, usually known as Korn, is a city in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, located in the San Vicente Partido.

The settlement was founded on August 14, 1865, and renamed in honour of Alejandro Korn (1860 — 1935), an Argentine psychiatrist, philosopher, and reformist.

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