San Nicolás, Buenos Aires

San Nicolás

Area	2.4 km²
Population	33,305 (2001)
Density	14,152/km²
Comuna	C1
Important sites	Palace of Justice Teatro Colón Obelisk of Buenos Aires Correo Central
The Neighbourhood is usually referred to as El Centro.

Main post building or Correo Central, on Leandro N. Alem avenue.

San Nicolás is one of the neighbourhoods of the Buenos Aires city in Argentina, in which most of the main banks and government institutions are located, as well as many offices. It's seldom referred to as San Nicolás, but usually as El Centro ("Centre" or "Downtown"), and the part east of the 9 de Julio Avenue is called Microcentro ("Micro-centre") The limits of the neighbourhood are the Córdoba, Callao, Rivadavia, La Rábida Norte and Eduardo Madero avenues, and it holds 33,305 inhabitants. Its name comes from the San Nicolás Church erected in 1773 on the Corrientes Avenue, demolished when the works to expand the avenue started, and its place is now occupied by the Obelisk of Buenos Aires, on the 9 de Julio.

External links

• (Spanish) San Nicolás Neighbourhood
• Informations & pictures about San Nicolás district