Caballito

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**Caballito**
Area	7.1 km²
Population	183,396
Density	25,83/km²
Comuna	C6


Important sites	Ferro Carril Oeste

Caballito is a barrio (neighborhood) of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. It is the only barrio in the administrative division Comuna 6.

It's located in the geographical centre of the city, limited by the following streets and avenues: Río de Janeiro, Av. Rivadavia, Av. La Plata, Av. Directorio, Curapaligüe, Av. Donato Alvarez, Av. Juan B. Justo, Av. San Martín, and Av. Angel Gallardo.

One of the many historical buildings in Caballito.

The name is said to come from the horse-shaped (Spanish Caballo) weather vane from a local pulperia (gauchos' bar); Caballito meaning "Little horse".

[edit] Places of interest

In Caballito there are numerous points of interest; the “English District” with beautiful British style “Fin de Siècle” architecture, the Ferro Carril Oeste football Club (or “Verdolaga”), the “Historical Tramway museum of Buenos Aires”, the old “Mercado del Progreso” (Market of Progress) which has just celebrated it’s 117 birthdate, the Italian Club and the Portuguese Club, the Church of Caacupé belonging to an order of Irish nuns although receiving it’s name to a sculpture dedicated to the Virgin of Caacupé, the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Buenos Aires, the historic Las Violetas coffee house inaugurated in 1884, vintage “Subte Line A” (subway) opened in 1913, and also home to the Parque Rivadavia, on Rivadavia Avenue.