the city's original 15,000 homes were designed in a simplified Spanish Colonial Revival style favored during the Perón era, and allegedly featured a street layout built in the shape of Eva Perón's profile, which seemingly "waved" to airline passengers from Ministro Pistarini International Airport, located 6 kilometers (4 mi) south of the city.

[2] In 1955, following the Revolución Libertadora military coup that deposed Perón, the city's overt homage to the influential first lady prompted Ciudad Evita's renaming to Ciudad General Belgrano, in honor of General Manuel Belgrano.

The city was administered by Banco Hipotecario following the coup, which covered all administrative activities except for some public services that were provided by the Municipality of La Matanza.

The March 1976 coup ousted the Peronist government and again led to a change of name for the town, this time to Ciudad General Martín Miguel de Güemes, in honor of General Martín Miguel de Güemes.

The return of democracy in the 1983 general election led to the city's name being reverted to Ciudad Evita again, and the city was chosen as the site of the Buenos Aires Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints which was dedicated in 1986.