Ciudad Evita
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 Ciudad Evita facts

• It currently has about 70,000 inhabitants, and is situated about 20 kilometers (13 mi) from Downtown Buenos Aires and 6 kilometers (4 mi) from Ministro Pistarini International Airport
• The city has been declared a National Historic Monument of Argentina
• The city owes its name to the Eva Perón Foundation, which developed the initial settlement
• Established in 1947 by Argentine President Juan Perón, his Decree No
• 33221 stipulated that this new suburb of Buenos Aires be named after the namesake of the foundation, his wife Eva (’Evita’) Duarte de Perón
• The city, whose original 15,000 homes were designed in a simplified Spanish Colonial Revival style favored during the Perón era, featured a layout purposely built in the shape of Eva's profile, which seemingly waved to airline passengers from the nearby airport
• This overt homage to the influential first lady prompted the city's renaming as Ciudad General Belgrano following the military coup that deposed Perón in 1955
• Despite these changes, the town, which was administered by the National Mortgage Bank following the coup, continued to grow, incorporating the Barrio Vemme ward between 1960 and 1967
• It was transferred to La Matanza Council in 1963, and upon the return of Peronists to power in 1973, it regained its Ciudad Evita designation
• A second addition, Barrio Alas, was opened in 1974 for Argentine Air Force officers stationed at the Morón Air Base