San Telmo
San Telmo is the oldest barrio of Buenos Aires, Argentina. A well-preserved area of the Argentine metropolis, it hosts some of its oldest buildings. One of the birthplaces of tango, during the mid 20th century it was the Bohemian district with painters ateliers and jazz clubs.- Suburb with about 20,500 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (70 feet)
- …is also known as “San Telmo, Buenos Aires”
- Description: neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art and Plaza Dorrego.
Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art
Museum
The Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art, known locally…
Plaza Dorrego
Park
Plaza Dorrego is a square located in the heart of San Telmo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Museum of Contemporary Art of Buenos Aires
Museum
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Buenos Aires, also…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Constitución and Barrio Catalinas Sur.
Monserrat
Suburb
Monserrat or Montserrat is a neighbourhood in the east of the Buenos Aires CBD.
San Telmo
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Latitude
-34.6214° or 34° 37′ 17″ south
Longitude
-58.37375° or 58° 22′ 26″ west
Open location code
48Q39JHG+CF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“San Telmo” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սան Տելմո”
- Basque: “San Telmo (Buenos Aires)”
- Basque: “San Telmo”
- Chinese: “圣特尔莫”
- Chinese: “圣特尔莫区”
- Chinese: “聖特爾莫區”
- Dutch: “San Telmo (Buenos Aires)”
- Dutch: “San Telmo”
- Esperanto: “San Telmo”
- French: “San Telmo (Buenos Aires)”
- French: “San Telmo”
- German: “San Telmo (Buenos Aires)”
- German: “San Telmo”
- Hebrew: “סן טלמו”
- Italian: “San Telmo”
- Japanese: “サンテルーモ”
- Latin: “San Telmo”
- Lithuanian: “San Telmas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “San Telmo”
- Norwegian: “San Telmo”
- Occitan (post 1500): “San Telmo”
- Portuguese: “San Telmo”
- Romanian: “San Telmo, Buenos Aires”
- Russian: “Сан-Тельмо (район Буэнос-Айреса)”
- Russian: “Сан-Тельмо”
- Scots: “San Telmo, Buenos Aires”
- Scots: “San Telmo”
- Slovak: “San Telmo”
- Slovenian: “San Telmo”
- Spanish: “Barrio de San Telmo”
- Spanish: “El Alto de San Pedro”
- Spanish: “San Telmo”
- Swedish: “Barrio San Telmo”
- Swedish: “San Telmo, Buenos Aires”
- Swedish: “San Telmo”
- Turkish: “San Telmo, Buenos Aires”
- Turkish: “San Telmo”
- Urdu: “سان ٹیلمو، بیونس آئرس”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Centro and Puerto Madero.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Universidad Kennedy and San Juan Tennis Club.
Buenos Aires: Highlights
Learn more about Centro and Palermo and Recoleta.
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