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Ezpeleta, Partido de Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province (Buenos Aires Metro Area)

The history of the Ezpeleta area goes back to the second founding of the city of Buenos Aires just to the north in 1580. It officially became a town on 19 December 1904 and was named after Mariano Ezpeleta, a general during the expedition to Paraguay.

Volga German families from the rural areas of Argentina settled in Ezpeleta, a southern suburb of Buenos Aires.

Banfield, Partido Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires Province (Buenos Aires Metro Area)

In 1873 Banfield railway station was opened south of the Buenos Aires city center. It was named after the Englishman Edward Banfield, the first general manager of the British-owned railway company Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway. On 19 August 1873, the first plots of land in the area were advertised for sale and extensive development took place from the 1880s onwards.

Volga German families moved to this area of the city from the Provinces of Misiones, Entre Ríos, and La Pampa.