Located in Lanús Partido in the south of the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area.

Monte Chingolo was founded on 23 November 1815 by Juan Manuel de Rosas.

The town grew following the opening of a Ferrocarril Provincial de Buenos Aires station in 1927, and it became the site of numerous abattoirs and other industrial establishments.

[1] The Battalion 601 Arsenal at Monte Chingolo was besieged on 23 December 1975 by the ERP, a Trotskyite guerrilla group.

The attack left over 100 dead, and the ERP's defeat largely subdued the organization.