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{{Short description|Town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina}}
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}}[[File:Puente Nicolás Avellaneda-Buenos Aires.jpg|thumb|255px|The Nicolás Avellaneda Bridge, connecting Dock Sud (''left'') to Buenos Aires]]
 
'''Dock Sud''' is a town of [[Avellaneda Partido|Avellaneda]] [[Partidos of Buenos Aires|Partido]] in [[Buenos Aires Province]], Argentina. It forms part of the [[urban agglomeration]] of [[Greater Buenos Aires]].
 
The area is characterized by its predominantly working-class background, with many of its inhabitants pertaining to diverse immigrant communities. Dock Sud is home to the bulk of Argentina's [[Cape Verdean Argentines|Cape Verdean]] community.<ref name = CABOVERDIANOS>{{cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/lifestyle/caboverdianos-vientos-de-cambio-nid862751/|work=[[La Nación]]|title=Caboverdianos: vientos de cambio|date=3 December 2006|access-date=27 December 2022|language=es}}</ref>
 
==Sport==
The area is home to [[Club Sportivo Dock Sud]] a [[association football|football]] team playing in the lower leagues of Argentine football. Former [[Argentina national football team]] captain [[Javier Zanetti]] wasgrew bornup herein Dock Sud.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.infobae.com/deportes-2/mundial-2018/2018/05/03/javier-zanetti-seleccion-argentina-alma-de-potrero-diego-korol-infancia/|work=[[Infobae]]|title=Javier Zanetti: de picar paredes y amasar pizza a ser un ícono de la Selección Argentina|last=Korol|first=Diego|date=3 May 2018|access-date=27 December 2022|language=es}}</ref>
 
==Neighbourhoods==
The oldest and most important neighborhood in Dock Sud is Isla Maciel, which is home to [[Club Atlético San Telmo]]. The Nicolás Avellaneda housing complex, started in 1973 by President [[Héctor Cámpora]], is the second most important, and is located on the eastern side of the [[w:es:RutaNational NacionalRoute 1 (Argentina)|Buenos Aires-La Plata Freeway]]. Dock Sud, a predominantly working-class district, has in recent decades been afflicted with some of the nation's highest crime rates.
 
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==External links==
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