The border streets are Mariano Moreno, Bartolomé Mitre Avenue, Paraná, National Highway 9 (Panamericana), Antonio Malaver, Alexander Fleming, Luis María Drago, Primera Junta, Montes de Oca, Capitán Cajaraville, Juramento, Carlos Calvo, Albarellos, and Belgrano.

Some of Munro's local industries are: Atanor, Fabriloza, Colorín, Virulana, Ripán, Telagoma, Bayer, Gillette and other factories of clothing, lumber, steel, food, etc.

Although a grocery store (known as "Pualpería del Fondo de la Legua" and owned by merchant Gregorio Rodríguez) had existed on the corner of Avenida Mitre and Vélez Sarsfield by 1850,[2] the neighborhood of Munro was born with the construction of a station of the Córdoba Central rail line (now Ferrocarril General Belgrano) on April 30, 1912.

The station has its name after Scottish immigrant Duncan Mackay Munro (1844–1929), who managed several railway companies in Argentina including Buenos Aires and Ensenada, Santa Fe, and Córdoba Central.

Munro was also the site of Lumiton Studios, a movie production house founded by local radio pioneer Enrique Susini which, from 1931 to 1952, turned out over 180 full-length films and became among the best-known in Argentine cinema.

[6] In 1984, the Governor of Buenos Aires Alejandro Armendáriz promulgated a decree that named the city "Capital de la Indumentaria" to promote selling clothing in the district.

The boom of the textile industry brought a lot of people to Munro in search of jeans (the most popular of its products) but also t-shirts, and sweaters, which could be bought at affordable prices, as much as 50% less than other stores.