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File:Buenos aires province numbered.png Political division of the province A partido second-level administrative subdivision only in the province of Buenos Aires , Argentina. They are formally considered to be a single administrative unit, usually contain one or more population centers (i.e., towns and cities), and are divided into localidades . The subdivision in partidos in Buenos Aires Province is distinct from all other provinces of Argentina , which call their second-level subdivisions departamento municipalities .
History By the end of 18th century the town council (cabildo ) of Buenos Aires established the first partidos in the countryside: San Isidro del Pago de la Costa (San Isidro ) in 1779 and San Vicente , Quilmes , Magdalena , La Matanza , Cañada de Morón (Morón ), Las Conchas (Tigre ) and San Pedro in 1784.
At the head of every partido, the cabildo appointed a rural judge called Alcalde de la Santa Hermandad alcalde , had the mission to maintain the law and order in the surrounding rural area of Buenos Aires, fighting against cattle raiders . The alcalde was helped by a constabulary called Santa Hermandad Catholic Monarchs and transplanted to the colonies.
In 1821 the Governor Martín Rodríguez and his minister Bernardino Rivadavia dissolved the cabildos and since then was the governor itself who appointed the judges, now called Juez de Paz (Justice of the Peace), his administrative territory was called Partido judicial (Judicial district) hence the name of the subdivision.
In 1856 the office of Juez de Paz was replaced by a Presidente de la Municipalidad , or Municipal President. It was appointed by the Governor from a list of three candidates presented by the Municipales , or councillors , who were elected by the citizens of the different partidos.
Since 1890 the head of the government is called Intendente (Intendant ), or Mayor , and is directly elected by the citizens.
On October 24, 1864 the Legislature of the Province of Buenos Aires sanctioned law № 422, dividing the province into 45 partidos: Arrecifes, Baradero, Barrancas al Sud (Avellaneda), Belgrano (Barrio Belgrano ), Cañuelas, Carmen de Areco, Chacabuco, Chascomús, Chivilcoy, del Pilar, Ensenada, Exaltación de la Cruz, General las Heras, General San Martín, Giles, Junín, Matanza, Las Conchas (Tigre), Lobos, Lomas de Zamora, Luján, Magdalena, Mercedes, Merlo, Monte, Moreno, Morón, Navarro, Pergamino, Quilmes, Ramallo, Ranchos, Rivadavia, Rojas, Salto, San Antonio, San Fernando, San Isidro, San José de Flores (Barrio Flores ), San Nicolás, San Pedro, San Vicente, Suipacha, Viedma and Zárate.
Government
Population
Councillors
at most 5,000
6
5,000-10,000
10
10,000-20,000
12
20,000-30,000
14
30,000-40,000
16
40,000-80,000
18
80,000-200,000
20
more than 200,000
24
Every partido is administered by an executive and a legislative branch, respectively, the mayor (intendente ) and a council (concejo deliberante ), similar to a county council . It is considered a strong mayor -council form of government.
The mayor is elected to four-year terms and can be reelected for a new term. If they have been re-elected, they can not be re-elected in the same position, but with an interval of one period.
The council is a unicameral body, one-half of whose members are elected every two years to serve four-year terms and can be reelected for a new term. If they have been re-elected, they can not be re-elected in the same position, but with an interval of one period.
The number of councillors depends on the population of every partido.
According to decret-law 6769/58 the number of councillors varies as follows:
List of partidos Buenos Aires Province is divided into 135 partidos.
Name
Capital
Area (km2 )
Population
Flag
Coat of
Map
Adolfo Alsina
Carhué
5,882
17,552
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Adolfo Alsina.svg
Adolfo Gonzáles Chaves
Adolfo Gonzales Chaves
3,789
12,914
File:Bandera del Partido de Adolfo Gonzales Chaves.svg
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Adolfo Gonzáles Chaves.svg
Alberti
Alberti
1,123
12,982
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Alberti.svg
Almirante Brown
Adrogué
129
584,827
File:Bandera del Partido de Almirante Brown.jpg File:Escudo del Partido de Almirante Brown.png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Almirante Brown.svg
Arrecifes
Arrecifes
1,244
32,215
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Arrecifes.svg
Avellaneda
Avellaneda
56
367,554
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Avellaneda.svg
Ayacucho
Ayacucho
6,756
21,977
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Ayacucho.svg
Azul
Azul
6,638
75,905
File:Bandera del Partido de Azul (oficial).png File:Escudo Azul v1 - con cinta (lower res).png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Azul.svg
Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca
2,240
336,574
File:Bandera de Bahia Blanca.svg File:Escudo de Bahía Blanca.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Bahía Blanca.svg
Balcarce
Balcarce
4,120
48,982
File:Bandera del Partido de Balcarce.png
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Balcarce.svg
Baradero
Baradero
1,530
40,002
File:Escudo del Partido de Baradero.png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Baradero.svg
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
5,336
22,292
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Benito Juárez.svg
Berazategui
Berazategui
220
358,712
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Berazategui.svg
Berisso
Berisso
145
100,930
File:Escudo del Partido de Berisso.png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Berisso.svg
Bolívar
San Carlos de Bolívar
4,935
37,594
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Bolívar.svg
Bragado
Bragado
2,199
46,504
File:Escudo Bragado.png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Bragado.svg
Brandsen
Brandsen
1,114
32,448
File:Bandera del Partido de Brandsen.png
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Brandsen.svg
Campana
Campana
986
110,566
File:Escudo del Partido de Campana.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Campana.svg
Cañuelas
Cañuelas
1,186
70,684
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Cañuelas.svg
Capitán Sarmiento
Capitán Sarmiento
549
15,965
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Capitán Sarmiento.svg
Carlos Casares
Carlos Casares
2,532
23,100
File:Bandera del Partido de Carlos Casares.svg File:Escudo del Partido de Carlos Casares.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Carlos Casares.svg
Carlos Tejedor
Carlos Tejedor
3,912
14,079
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Carlos Tejedor.svg
Carmen de Areco
Carmen de Areco
1,061
17,499
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Carmen de Areco.svg
Castelli
Castelli
2,113
9,594
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Castelli.svg
Chacabuco
Chacabuco
2,290
52,731
File:Escudo del Partido de Chacabuco.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Chacabuco.svg
Chascomús
Chascomús
3,159
42,452
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Chascomús.svg
Chivilcoy
Chivilcoy
2,059
70,839
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Chivilcoy.svg
Colón
Colón
1,001
27,504
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Colón.svg
Coronel Dorrego
Coronel Dorrego
5,845
15,968
File:Bandera del Partido de Coronel Dorrego.svg
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Coronel Dorrego.svg
Coronel Pringles
Coronel Pringles
5,257
24,420
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Coronel Pringles.svg
Coronel Rosales
Punta Alta
1,290
67,503
File:Escudo del partido de Coronel Rosales.png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Coronel Rosales.svg
Coronel Suárez
Coronel Suárez
5,984
42,110
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Coronel Suárez.svg
Daireaux
Daireaux
3,823
18,422
File:Escudo del Partido de Daireaux.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Daireaux.svg
Dolores
Dolores
1,978
32,032
File:Escudo del Partido de Dolores.png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Dolores.svg
Ensenada
Ensenada
114
63,997
File:Bandera del Partido de Ensenada.svg File:Escudo de Ensenada.GIF File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Ensenada.svg
Escobar
Belén de Escobar
301
256,268
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Escobar.svg
Esteban Echeverría
Monte Grande
121
338,480
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Esteban Echeverría.svg
Exaltación de la Cruz
Capilla del Señor
637
40,159
File:Bandera de Exaltación de la Cruz.gif File:Escudo de Exaltacion de la Cruz.gif File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Exaltación de la Cruz.svg
Ezeiza
Ezeiza
238
201,511
File:Bandera del Partido de Ezeiza.png
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Ezeiza.svg
Florencio Varela
Florencio Varela
190
496,433
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Florencio Varela.svg
Florentino Ameghino
Florentino Ameghino
1,813
10,790
File:Bandera de Ameghino.svg
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Florentino Ameghino.svg
General Alvarado
Miramar
1,628
45,526
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - General Alvarado.svg
General Alvear
General Alvear
3,366
13,031
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - General Alvear.svg
General Arenales
General Arenales
1,486
16,350
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - General Arenales.svg
General Belgrano
General Belgrano
1,858
20,791
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - General Belgrano.svg
General Guido
General Guido
2,326
3,174
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - General Guido.svg
General La Madrid
General La Madrid
4,814
11,618
File:Escudo del Partido de General Madariaga.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - General Madariaga.svg
General Las Heras
General Las Heras
751
18,022
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - General La Madrid.svg
General Lavalle
General Lavalle
2,705
4,870
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - General Las Heras.svg
General Madariaga
General Juan Madariaga
2,982
22,624
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - General Lavalle.svg
General Paz
Ranchos
1,200
14,207
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - General Paz.svg
General Pinto
General Pinto
2,558
12,941
File:Escudo del partido de General Pinto.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - General Pinto.svg
General Pueyrredón
Mar de Plata
1,462
667,082
File:Escudo de General Pueyrredón (color).svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - General Pueyrredón.svg
General Rodríguez
General Rodríguez
367
142,709
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - General Rodríguez.svg
General San Martín
San Martín
57
450,575
File:Escudo del Partido de General San Martín.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - General San Martín.svg
General Viamonte
Los Toldos
2,140
22,649
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - General Viamonte.svg
General Villegas
General Villegas
7,262
35,251
File:Escudo del partido de General Villegas.jpg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - General Villegas.svg
Guaminí
Guaminí
4,824
11,801
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Guaminí.svg
Hipólito Yrigoyen
Henderson
1,645
10,661
File:Escudo del Partido de Hipólito Yrigoyen.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Hipólito Yrigoyen.svg
Hurlingham
Hurlingham
36
185,641
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Hurlingham.svg
Ituzaingó
Ituzaingó
38
180,232
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Ituzaingó.svg
José C. Paz
José C. Paz
50
326,992
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - José C Paz.svg
Junín
Junín
2,255
103,787
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Junín.svg
La Costa
Mar del Tuyú
234
100,689
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Costa.svg
La Matanza
San Justo
327
1,841,247
File:Bandera del Partido de La Matanza.svg File:Escudo del Partido de La Matanza.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - La Matanza.svg
La Plata
La Plata
893
768,470
File:Escudo del Partido de La Plata.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - La Plata.svg
Lanús
Lanús
50
461,267
File:Escudo de Lanus.png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Lanús.svg
Laprida
Laprida
3,448
11,646
File:Bandera del Partido de Laprida.svg
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Laprida.svg
Las Flores
Las Flores
3,341
27,239
File:Bandera del Partido de Las Flores.svg
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Las Flores.svg
Leandro N. Alem
Vedia
1,606
17,266
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Leandro N Alem.svg
Lezama
Lezama
1,047
6,221
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Lezama.svg
Lincoln
Lincoln
5,778
45,506
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Lincoln.svg
Lobería
Lobería
4,720
18,243
File:Escudo del Partido de Lobería.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Lobería.svg
Lobos
Lobos
1,726
41,760
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Lobos.svg
Lomas de Zamora
Lomas de Zamora
89
690,323
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Lomas de Zamora.svg
Luján
Luján
771
111,008
File:Escudo heraldico lujan.png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Luján.svg
Magdalena
Magdalena
1,850
26,830
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Magdalena.svg
Maipú
Maipú
2,604
11,323
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Maipú.svg
Malvinas Argentinas
Los Polvorines
63
350,674
File:Municipio malvinas argentinas logo.png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Malvinas Argentinas.svg
Mar Chiquita
Coronel Vidal
3,089
33,110
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Mar Chiquita.svg
Marcos Paz
Marcos Paz
422
67,011
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Marcos Paz.svg
Mercedes
Mercedes
1,050
72,980
File:Coat of arms of Mercedes.png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Mercedes.svg
Merlo
Merlo
174
582,486
File:Coat of Arms of Merlo.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Merlo.svg
Monte
San Miguel del Monte
1,876
24,868
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - San Miguel del Monte.svg
Monte Hermoso
Monte Hermoso
200
8,465
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Monte Hermoso.svg
Moreno
Moreno
186
576,632
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Moreno.svg
Morón
Morón
55
331,183
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Morón.svg
Navarro
Navarro
1,620
19,899
File:Bandera del Partido de Navarro.svg File:Escudo del Partido de Navarro.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Navarro.svg
Necochea
Necochea
4,566
102,110
File:Escudo de Necochea.png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Necochea.svg
Nueve de Julio
Nueve de Julio
4,291
52,607
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Nueve de Julio.svg
Olavarría
Olavarría
7,666
125,751
File:Bandera de Olavarría (de todo el Partido-Municipio de Olavarría) - Free license.jpg File:Escudo del Partido de Olavarría.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Olavarría.svg
Patagones
Carmen de Patagones
13,564
37,646
File:Escudo del Partido de Patagones.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Patagones.svg
Pehuajó
Pehuajó
4,523
44,783
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Pehuajó.svg
Pellegrini
Pellegrini
1,821
7,143
File:Bandera del Partido de Pellegrini.svg File:Escudo de Pellegrini.png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Pellegrini.svg
Pergamino
Pergamino
3,005
115,340
File:Bandera del Partido de Pergamino.jpg
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Pergamino.svg
Pila
Pila
3,449
4,642
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Pila.svg
Pilar
Pilar
385
394,754
File:Bandera del Partido del Pilar.svg File:Escudo del Partido del Pilar.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Pilar.svg
Pinamar
Pinamar
66
39,449
File:Bandera del Partido de Pinamar.svg
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Pinamar.svg
Presidente Perón
Guernica
122
102,106
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Presidente Perón.svg
Puan
Puan
6,376
16,613
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Puán.svg
Punta Indio
Verónica
1,605
12,297
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Punta Indio.svg
Quilmes
Quilmes
92
633,391
File:Escudo Municipal de Quilmes.png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Quilmes.svg
Ramallo
Ramallo
1,048
39,730
File:Bandera del Partido de Ramallo.svg
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Ramallo.svg
Rauch
Rauch
4,313
16,635
File:Escudo del Partido de Rauch.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Rauch.svg
Rivadavia
América
3,955
19,849
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Rivadavia.svg
Rojas
Rojas
2,060
25,627
File:Bandera del Partido de Rojas.svg File:Escudo del Partido de Rojas.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Rojas.svg
Roque Pérez
Roque Pérez
1,556
13,977
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Roque Pérez.svg
Saavedra
Pigüé
3,546
22,537
File:Escudo del Partido de Saavedra.png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Saavedra.svg
Saladillo
Saladillo
2,706
35,656
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Saladillo.svg
Salliqueló
Salliqueló
796
9,427
File:Escudo del Partido de Salliqueló.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Salliqueló.svg
Salto
Salto
1,611
39,425
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Salto.svg
San Andrés de Giles
San Andrés de Giles
1,129
26,510
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - San Andrés de Giles.svg
San Antonio de Areco
San Antonio de Areco
862
26,897
File:Escudo del Partido de San Antonio de Areco.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - San Antonio de Areco.svg
San Cayetano
San Cayetano
2,997
8,994
File:Bandera del Partido de San Cayetano.svg
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - San Cayetano.svg
San Fernando
San Fernando de la Buena Vista
993
171,616
File:Escudo del partido de San Fernando.png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - San Fernando.svg
San Isidro
San Isidro
52
297,282
File:Escudo-San-Isidro-BsAs.png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - San Isidro.svg
San Miguel
San Miguel
83
328,835
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - San Miguel.svg
San Nicolás
San Nicolás de los Arroyos
681
167,824
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - San Nicolás.svg
San Pedro
San Pedro
1,357
68,613
File:Escudo de San Pedro (Buenos Aires).png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - San Pedro.svg
San Vicente
San Vicente
661
98,215
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - San Vicente.svg
Suipacha
Suipacha
943
11,786
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Suipacha.svg
Tandil
Tandil
4,855
145,575
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Tandil.svg
Tapalqué
Tapalqué
4,169
10,783
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Tapalqué.svg
Tigre
Tigre
394
446,949
File:Escudo tigre exvitral.jpg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Tigre.svg
Tordillo
General Conesa
1,334
2,542
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Tordillo.svg
Tornquist
Tornquist
4,160
14,810
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Tornquist.svg
Trenque Lauquen
Trenque Lauquen
5,498
49,309
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Trenque Lauquen.svg
Tres Arroyos
Tres Arroyos
5,927
62,426
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Tres Arroyos.svg
Tres de Febrero
Caseros
45
364,176
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Tres de Febrero.svg
Tres Lomas
Tres Lomas
1,252
9,164
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Tres Lomas.svg
Veinticinco de Mayo
Veinticinco de Mayo
4,789
35,563
File:Escudo del Partido de 25 de Mayo.png File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Veinticinco de Mayo.svg
Vicente López
Olivos
35
282,281
File:Flag of Vicente López.svg File:Coat of arms of Vicente López.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Vicente López.svg
Villa Gesell
Villa Gesell
164
37,463
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Villa Gesell.svg
Villarino
Médanos
10,399
32,717
File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Villarino.svg
Zárate
Zárate
1,185
132,221
File:Escudo del Partido de Zárate.svg File:Argentina - Buenos Aires - Zárate.svg
See also Spanish language page has more data on more of the partidos: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Partidos_de_la_provincia_de_Buenos_Aires
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