Background
Located 100 km from Buenos Aires, Lobos is currently a fertile agricultural area known mainly because of the dairy activity and dairy-related products. Lobos Administrative Area is bordered by Navarro to the northwest; General Las Heras to the north; Cañuelas to the northeast; San Miguel del Monte to the east; Roque Pérez to the south and 25 de Mayo to the west.
The administrative area is as web divided into 7 quarters: Arévalo, Carboni, Elvira, Empalme Lobos, Las Chacras, Salvador María and Zapiola.
Lobos Administrative Area and its divisions
Besides the rural importance, Lobos is considered and important tourist center within the Province of Buenos Aires, being Lobos Lagoon the most important feature. The lagoon is located some 15 km. from the city (some 115 km. From Buenos Aires). Other areas of special interest are the local aerodrome, several ranches, a museum of sciences of the nature and history, and Perón’s museum.
As far as its history is concerned, Lobos is overly known for being the place of birth of three times President Juan Domingo Perón born in 1895, and it is also the place where the gaucho's legend Juan Moreira found his death in 1874 after struggling with the law. Perón’s original house was restored and turned into a museum where pictures, personal stuff, amid other ancient artifacts of Lobos history.
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