Nueva Pompeya
Neighborhood of Buenos Aires in C4, Argentina / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nueva Pompeya (Spanish for New Pompei), often loosely referred to as Pompeya, is a neighbourhood in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Located in the South side, it has long been one of the city's proletarian districts steeped in the tradition of tango and one where many of the first tangos were written and performed.
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Country | Argentina |
Autonomous City | Buenos Aires |
Comuna | C4 |
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Area | |
• Total | 6.1 km2 (2.4 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 63,276 |
• Density | 10,000/km2 (27,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
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A neighborhood local, the legendary tango composer Homero Manzi, set a very popular tango (Sur) in Nueva Pompeya, describing a melancholy landscape (“Pompeya and beyond the flood”) that, even today, defines much of the district's physionomy.