History
The name of the Partido comes from a confrontation that Diego Mendoza the brother of conquistador Pedro de Mendoza had with the Querandí tribe in 1536, where he and 22 soldiers that were with him died. In his name, this area and the river are named La Matanza (The Slaughter), sometimes using the plural form.
The Partido was named Pago until 1730, then Partido de Matanza y Pozos (Partido of Slaughter and Wells): it was then a largely unpopulated rural area, and was led by a two-mayor system. In 1784, the Partido was divided in two, Las Matanzas and Cañada de Morón (Morón's Gully). In 1856, the capital city San Justo was founded.
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