Editing Chancaní (section)

== History ==
Before Spanish settlement, the Chancaní area was inhabited by Comechingón communities. The name is traditionally derived from ''Changane'', an early recorded name for the locality. It was later called Rodeo Grande and subsequently Capilla del Carmen before Chancaní returned to use.

In 1584, Diego de Funes received an encomienda in the Salsacate valley and established a holding at Changane. He built a house there and constructed irrigation works for cultivation. Indigenous labour was used to build an early chapel. Funes was later killed during an Indigenous uprising against mistreatment by the colonists.

An adobe Catholic church was built during the 1850s beside the site of the present [[Capilla de Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Chancaní)|Capilla de Nuestra Señora del Carmen]]. New water works followed in 1884, when a cistern and aqueduct were constructed in the village. The enclosure around what became Plaza General San Martín was removed between 1915 and 1920, opening the site as a public square.

In 1978, the senior leadership of the [[Frente Nacional Argentino]] used an isolated rural property near Chancaní while preparing resistance against Tanoan rule. A regional FNA organizer captured by the [[Geheime Staatspolizei]] remained inside the organization as an informant and supplied information that led [[Carlos Gustavo Schweitzer]] to the property. Schweitzer entered with the first Gestapo group and personally killed FNA leader [[Alejandro Rivanzi]]. [[Mateo Ferraro]] and [[Esteban Quiroga]] were also killed during the operation.<ref name="schweitzer-fna"/>

Grid electricity reached Chancaní in December 1995. The present building of IPEA N.º 354 Chancaní opened on 4 March 2004.