Juan Manuel Fangio, nicknamed El Chueco or El Maestro, was an Argentine racing car driver. He dominated the first decade of Formula One racing, winning the World Drivers' Championship five times.
Buenos Aires, officially the Buenos Aires Province, is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of the province and the province's capital until it was federalized in 1880. Since then, in spite of bearing the same name, the province does not include Buenos Aires city, though it does include all other parts of the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. The capital of the province is the city of La Plata, founded in 1882.
The University of Buenos Aires is a public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Established in 1821, it is the premier institution of higher learning in the country and one of the most prestigious universities of Ibero-America. It has educated 17 Argentine presidents, produced four of the country's five Nobel Prize laureates, and is responsible for approximately 40% of the country's research output. The QS World University Rankings currently ranks UBA at number 7 in the Spanish-speaking world.
Greater Buenos Aires, also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the adjacent 24 partidos (districts) in the Province of Buenos Aires. Thus, it does not constitute a single administrative unit. The conurbation spreads south, west and north of Buenos Aires city. To the east, the River Plate serves as a natural boundary.
Tandil is the main city of the homonymous partido (department), located in Argentina, in the southeast of Buenos Aires Province, just north-northwest of Tandilia hills. The city was founded in 1823 and its name originates from the Piedra Movediza which fell in 1912. The city is the birthplace of many notable sports personalities, as well as former president of Argentina Mauricio Macri.
Azul is the head city of the Azul Partido, located at the center of the Buenos Aires Province in Argentina, 300 km south of Buenos Aires. It has 63,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC].
Ezeiza is the capital city of the Ezeiza Partido within the Greater Buenos Aires area in Argentina. The city had a population of 160,219 in 2010. Ezeiza is one of the fastest-growing cities in Argentina; the city and its surroundings are known for the many gated communities there, as well as for the Ministro Pistarini International Airport and the Ezeiza Federal Prison Complex. Ezeiza and its surrounds are known as affluent areas.
San Pedro Partido is a partido located in the north of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires. Its capital city is San Pedro. With an area of 1,322 km2 (510 sq mi), the county population was 55,234.
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Merlo is a partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is located in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, west of the city of Buenos Aires. Its capital is the city of Merlo.
San José de Balcarce is a city in Buenos Aires Province (Argentina) about 51 km (32 mi) west of Mar del Plata with a population of approx 44,064. It is the head town of the Balcarce Partido. The UN/LOCODE is ARBCA.
General Pueyrredón Partido is a partido located on the Atlantic coast of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
Miramar is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in Buenos Aires Province, 450 km (280 mi) south of Buenos Aires. It is the administrative seat of General Alvarado Partido. The name “Miramar” comes from the words mira (view) and mar (sea).
Lobería Partido is a partido on the Atlantic coast of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.
Maipú is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative seat of Maipú Partido. It has a population of 8,865. Located in the Pampa, the land is low and swampy. The predominant activity in its catchment area is cattle breeding. It is a central service provider to the rural area.
The Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires, better known as Banco Provincia, is a publicly owned bank in Argentina and the second-largest in the country by value of assets and deposits.
Autovía 2 Juan Manuel Fangio is an Argentine dual carriageway, which runs from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata. The road was a National Route until 1990 when it was transferred to the Government of Buenos Aires Province. The Autovía 2 extends from the junction of Provincial Routes 1 and 36 and National Route A004, just on the traffic circle "Juan María Gutiérrez", which is the limit of Berazategui and Florencio Varela districts.
Tulio Crespi S.A. is an Argentine automobile manufacturer, founded in 1962 by Tulio Crespi, a former racing driver. With an industrial plant in Balcarce, Buenos Aires, Crespi has been producing automobiles and Formula racing vehicles.
Napaleofú is a small town in the southeast of the province of Buenos Aires, in Argentina. It is located 50 km from Tandil and 63 km from Balcarce and administratively depends on the Balcarce Partido, although part of its territory belongs to the Lobería Partido. The name is a derivation of the Mapuche word "napa" or "napad" with which, probably, the Indios Serranos called what is known today as Arroyo Chico.
The Ford Cupé V-8, also known simply as the Ford V-8, is a series of various custom-built race cars, designed, developed and built by various people between 1938 and 1960. Such cars were raced by the drivers of the likes of Juan Manuel Fangio, Pablo Birger, Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Francisco de Ridder, and Carlo Tomasi, to name a few. They were commonly powered by Ford flathead V-8s. They were based on a few different classic Ford models, including the De Luxe, the 1932 Ford, the Model 48, and the 1937 Ford.
