Villa 31
Villa 31, sometimes called Barrio Padre Mugica or Barrio 31, is a large villa miseria in the Retiro area of Buenos Aires, near the local railway station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarter
- Description: slum in Buenos Aires
- Also known as: “Barrio 31”, “Barrio Carlos Mugica”, and “Barrio Padre Carlos Mugica”
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Museum of Fine Arts and Retiro Bus Terminal.
National Museum of Fine Arts
Museum
Photo: Beatrice Murch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The National Museum of Fine Arts is an Argentine art museum in Buenos Aires, located in the Recoleta section of the city. The Museum inaugurated a branch in Neuquén in 2004.
Retiro Bus Terminal
Station
Retiro bus station is the main bus terminal in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is situated in the Retiro district, two blocks north of Retiro railway station.
Torre Monumental
Photo: Eugenio Hansen, OFS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torre Monumental, formerly known as Torre de los Ingleses, is a clock tower located in the barrio of Retiro in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is situated in the Plaza Fuerza Aérea Argentina by Avenida San Martín and Avenida del Libertador.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Island and San Nicolas.
The Island
Neighborhood
The Island is an exclusive sector in the neighbourhood of Recoleta in Buenos Aires, where prominent and wealthy families of the Argentine Upper Class have their homes.
San Nicolas
Quarter
The center of Buenos Aires has most of the city's attractions, including performances in the Tribunales theater district, the dense downtown area with government buildings, the San Telmo tango scene, and the biggest train station and the general bus station that offers connections to the surrounding provinces and neighboring countries.
Barrio Norte
Quarter
Barrio Norte is the informal name given to a part of Buenos Aires centering on Santa Fe Avenue and the district of Recoleta.
Villa 31
- Categories: human settlement, slum, villa miseria, and locality
- Location: Retiro, Comuna 1, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Pampas, Argentina, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.58434° or 34° 35′ 4″ southLongitude
-58.37831° or 58° 22′ 42″ westOpen location code
48Q3CJ8C+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1618113952OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterWikidata ID
Q1132383
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Villa 31” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Villa 31”
- French: “Villa 31”
- Galician: “Villa 31”
- German: “Villa 31”
- Italian: “Villa 31”
- Japanese: “ビジャ31”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Villa 31”
- Portuguese: “Villa 31”
- Spanish: “Barrio 31”
- Spanish: “Barrio Carlos Mugica”
- Spanish: “Barrio Mugica”
- Spanish: “Villa 31”
- Spanish: “Villa de Retiro”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Villa 31”. Photo: Moemoemoe, CC0.