Lanús

Lanús, cabecera (county seat) and partido (county) of Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires, eastern Argentina. It is located directly south of the city of Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires provincia (province). Much of the early settlement of Lanús, formerly called the county of Cuatro de Junio, was linked to the colonization and settlement of Avellaneda county. The county seat and present-day county of Lanús remained part of Avellaneda until 1944.

In 1888 the Villa General Paz was founded as an early ranching centre. This settlement became the nucleus of the county seat of Lanús. In 1944 the county of Cuatro de Junio (named for the June 4, 1943, military coup d’état of the Group of United Officers) was carved out of Avellaneda. The county seat derived its name from the Lanús Railroad Station on the Ferrocarril del Sur (Southern Railroad), built in the 1860s on land donated by Juan and Anacarsis Lanús. In 1955 the county was renamed Lanús following the military uprising led by Gen. Eduardo Lonardi that ousted Pres. Juan Perón.

The industries of the county manufacture paper, wire, ammunition, and textiles, as well as processing meat, leather goods, and rubber. With the growth of the national capital, Lanús has been absorbed into the southern suburban area of Gran Buenos Aires. The county lies totally within the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, and the population density is the highest among the counties of Gran Buenos Aires. Pop. (2001) county, 453,082; (2010) county, 459,263.