Barracas
Barracas is a barrio, or district, in the southeastern part of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located between the railroad of Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano and the Riachuelo River, and the streets Regimiento de Patricios, Defensa, Caseros, Vélez Sársfield, Amancio Alcorta, Lafayette, and Lavardén.- Suburb with about 89,500 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- Description: Neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Also known as“Barracas, Buenos Aires”“Barrio de Barracas”
Places of Interest
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National Historical Museum
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Places in the Area
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La Boca and Barracas
The south of Buenos Aires includes the colorful La Boca and Barracas neighborhoods.
Balvanera
Balvanera is a neighborhood, or in Spanish: a "barrio", of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
4½ km north of Barracas
Barracas
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Latitude
-34.6453° or 34° 38′ 43″ south
Longitude
-58.3876° or 58° 23′ 15″ west
Open location code
48Q39J36+VX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = suburb
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Barracas” goes by many names.
ԲառակասArmenian
BarracasBasque
Barracas (Buenos Aires)Basque
БаракасBelarusian
BarracasCatalan
BarracasCebuano
军营Chinese
军营区Chinese
巴拉卡斯Chinese
軍營Chinese
BarracasDanish
BarracasDutch
BarracasEsperanto
באראג’אסHebrew
BarracasHungarian
BarracasIrish
BarracasItalian
バラカスJapanese
BarracasLatin
BarakasLithuanian
BarracasNorwegian Bokmål
БарракасRussian
Барракас (Буэнос-Айрес)Russian
BarracasSlovenian
BarracasTurkish
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