BERAZATEGUI

partido (county) at the southeastern limits of Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires, Argentina, in Buenos Aires provincia. It lies along the Ro de la Plata estuary. The subdivision was created in October 1960 out of the existing partido of Quilmes. Berazategui was originally the property of the Barragn family when it was sold in 1860 to Jos Clemente Berazategui and Juan Etcheverry. They established a colony of cattle ranchers on the land; the first meat-packing plant was built there in 1890, and beef has been an important product since that time. In 1906 Gaston Fourvel Rigolleau established a glass factory in Berazategui, and further industrial and commercial development followed. The area is also a textile centre, its first yarn-making industry being established in 1936. Pop. (1980) 201,862; (1991 prelim.) 243,690.