Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

🇦🇷 Lanús is the capital of Lanús Partido, Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires, in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. It is subdivided, without political division, into two zones: East Lanús and West Lanús.

History Prior to the Spanish conquest, the current territory of Lanús was inhabited by Pampas and Guarani tribes, who were nomads, hunters and gatherers. After the second foundation of Buenos Aires by Juan de Garay in 1580, the establishment of farms and estancias was carried out, and the territorial organization around the city in "payments" (territories delimited by rivers and streams), dividing the current territory of Lanús between the payment of the Magdalena, the payment of the Matanza and the payment of the Riachuelo.

Over time the payments became parties, in 1795 the lands of this area became part of the party of Quilmes, already created the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. It should be added that during the English invasions, British troops passed through the lands of the current party of Lanús, after their landing, on their march towards Buenos Aires.

In 1852, as interim governor of Buenos Aires, Dr. Vicente López y Planes, lands were taken from the Quilmes party, given its great extension, founding the Barracks Party to the South. This new party housed the current municipalities of Avellaneda, Lanús and Lomas de Zamora, and the current Brownian towns of Adrogué and San José.

The city owes its name to the landowner Anacarsis Lanús (1820-1888), born in Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Ríos, son of the Bearnese Lanusse Casenave and Teresa Fernández de Castro from Buenos Aires.

Lanús acquired land from the current district with the intention of founding a town, building his fifth house on the Camino Real (today Av. Hipólito Yrigoyen), in front of the current train station.

Its first permanent population is established from the creative genius of Guillermo Gaebeler, who founded the town of General Paz on October 20, 1888, six days after the death of Anacarsis Lanús, and of which he would be a builder and promoter. He designed his streets and squares, which he nominated with the life and actions of General Paz, at the request of his friend General Bartolomé Mitre. For his part, Anacarsis and his brother Juan would have been the promoters of the volunteer fire brigade, the first medical care room of the place and the development society, built homes and managed credits for construction, among other tasks. His remains and those of his wife, Dolores Rojas Valdés, are in the "Santa Teresa de Jesús" Chapel, between Dr. Melo and Llavallol streets.

Overview A major industrial centre, it is served by freight and passenger railway lines. The city has chemical, armaments, textiles, paper, leather and rubber goods, wire, apparel, oils and lubricants industries, as well as tanneries, vegetable and fruit canneries. Several technical schools are located in the city, as well as the Eva Perón Medical Center, one of the largest in the Greater Buenos Aires area.

Guillermo Gaebeler initiated the town's development, designing its first city master plan. Gaebeler established the town as Villa General Paz on October 20, 1888, and named its first streets and plazas after the numerous battles won by General José María Paz in the Argentine Civil Wars of the mid-19th century. Lanús was officially renamed in 1955 in honor of Anacarsis Lanús, who owned the land where the city is today located until his death in 1887.

Sport The city has a football club, Club Atlético Lanús currently playing in the Argentine Primera División. Club Atlético Lanús also has a basketball team.

The symbol club of the city is the Club Atlético Lanús, founded on January 3, 1915. In football he has won two First Division titles, the 2007 Apertura Tournament and the 2016 First Division Championship, two national cups: Copa Bicentenario 2016 and Supercopa Argentina 2017 and also, two international titles: the Copa Conmebol 1996 and the Copa Sudamericana 2013. In basketball, he won the 1977 Argentine Club Championship and was runner-up in the National Basketball League 2012/13 and the League of the Americas 2013.

The Community Sports Circle (CI.DE.CO) is one of the main ones of the Ladies Honor League of the Metropolitan Handball Federation.