Libertad, Buenos Aires

Libertad
City
Coat of arms
Libertad Location in Greater Buenos Aires
Coordinates: 34°41′S 58°41′W
Country	Argentina
Province	Buenos Aires
Partido	Merlo
Elevation	26 m (85 ft)
Population  (2001 census [INDEC])
• Total	100,324
CPA Base	B 1716
Area code	+54 220

Libertad is a city located in Merlo Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conurbation.

Its origin goes back to the 1870s when, by that time, a rural settlement was thriving around a pulpería (public house) called La Libertad (Freedom), from where the town took its name.

During the last decades a group of prominent neighbors had been working to obtain the autonomy of the city and make Libertad a new partido in the province.

According to the 2001 census [INDEC], the population was 100,476.

Libertad is bordered by Parque San Martín (west), Pontevedra (south), Merlo (northwest), San Antonio de Padua and Morón (north) and La Matanza Partido (east).

External links

• Media related to Libertad (Buenos Aires) at Wikimedia Commons
• (in Spanish) City of Libertad