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Pilar is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina with a population of 299,077 as per the . It is part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conurbation and is the seat of the administrative division of Pilar Partido. ==History and overview== The rural outpost that later became Pilar was first assigned a local authority in 1774 with the appointment of Ventura López Camelo as its first ''alcalde'', or mayor. Pilar is the site where the Treaty of Pilar was signed on February 23, 1820, establishing the basis for Argentine federalism, as a result of which the city of Pilar is acknowledged as the "Cradle of National Federalism." This Treaty marked the end of the war between the League of Free Peoples formed by the provinces of Entre Ríos and Santa Fe against Buenos Aires.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Historia del Municipio de Pilar )〕 The Parish of Our Lady of the Pillar was consecrated in 1856, and the ''partido'' (county) of Pilar was established in 1864. The first railway line built by the Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway reached the town in 1886, and by 1895 nearly 10,000 inhabitants lived in Pilar. The opening of National Route 8 in 1934 eased the commute to Buenos Aires, and Pilar subsequently became a growing commuter town.〔 Pilar grew further after the construction in the late 1960s of a freeway along the stretch of National Route 8 to Buenos Aires, and with the establishment in 1970 of the local industrial district, the ''Parque Industrial Pilar''.〔 The establishment of the first polo fields beginning in the late 19th century and of a number of country clubs from 1948 onward, as well as the development of numerous gated communities beginning in the 1990s, gave Pilar an increasingly upscale profile in subsequent years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pilar apunta a un perfil turístico )〕 Numerous visitor and tourist attractions are located in the city. These include the Parish of Our Lady of the Pillar (1856); the October 12 Plaza facing it (both National Historic Monuments); the Spanish Colonial Revivalist City Hall (1896); the Alcalde Lorenzo López Historical Museum;〔 the (reputedly haunted)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mitos y leyendas: Compromiso, sorpresa y un triste final )〕 Pando-Carabassa Chalet (1900), the Argentine Polo Association therein, and the adjoining polo fields;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Historia de "El Chalet" de Pando Carabassa )〕 several country clubs including the Highland Park Country Club (1948), Golfer's Country Club (1973), Pilar Golf Club (1992), and the Estancias Golf Club (2008);〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Campos de Golf en Buenos Aires )〕 and the Pilar Nature Reserve (2003).〔 Pilar is also the site of the private Austral University, founded in 1991.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Misión e Historia )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pilar, Buenos Aires」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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