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Partidos of Buenos Aires

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Political division of the province

A partido is the 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 and are further subdivided into distinct municipalities.

History

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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. The judge, or 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 (Holy Brotherhood) created in the late 15th century by the 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

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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

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Buenos Aires Province is divided into 135 partidos.

Name Capital Area (km2) Population Flag Coat of
Arms / Logos
Map
Adolfo Alsina Carhué 5,882 17,552
Adolfo Gonzáles Chaves Adolfo Gonzales Chaves 3,789 12,914
Alberti Alberti 1,123 12,982
Almirante Brown Adrogué 129 584,827
Arrecifes Arrecifes 1,244 32,215
Avellaneda Avellaneda 56 367,554
Ayacucho Ayacucho 6,756 21,977
Azul Azul 6,638 75,905
Bahía Blanca Bahía Blanca 2,240 336,574
Balcarce Balcarce 4,120 48,982
Baradero Baradero 1,530 40,002
Benito Juárez Benito Juárez 5,336 22,292
Berazategui Berazategui 220 358,712
Berisso Berisso 145 100,930
Bolívar San Carlos de Bolívar 4,935 37,594
Bragado Bragado 2,199 46,504
Brandsen Brandsen 1,114 32,448
Campana Campana 986 110,566
Cañuelas Cañuelas 1,186 70,684
Capitán Sarmiento Capitán Sarmiento 549 15,965
Carlos Casares Carlos Casares 2,532 23,100
Carlos Tejedor Carlos Tejedor 3,912 14,079
Carmen de Areco Carmen de Areco 1,061 17,499
Castelli Castelli 2,113 9,594
Chacabuco Chacabuco 2,290 52,731
Chascomús Chascomús 3,159 42,452
Chivilcoy Chivilcoy 2,059 70,839
Colón Colón 1,001 27,504
Coronel Dorrego Coronel Dorrego 5,845 15,968
Coronel Pringles Coronel Pringles 5,257 24,420
Coronel Rosales Punta Alta 1,290 67,503
Coronel Suárez Coronel Suárez 5,984 42,110
Daireaux Daireaux 3,823 18,422
Dolores Dolores 1,978 32,032
Ensenada Ensenada 114 63,997
Escobar Belén de Escobar 301 256,268
Esteban Echeverría Monte Grande 121 338,480
Exaltación de la Cruz Capilla del Señor 637 40,159
Ezeiza Ezeiza 238 201,511
Florencio Varela Florencio Varela 190 496,433
Florentino Ameghino Florentino Ameghino 1,813 10,790
General Alvarado Miramar 1,628 45,526
General Alvear General Alvear 3,366 13,031
General Arenales General Arenales 1,486 16,350
General Belgrano General Belgrano 1,858 20,791
General Guido General Guido 2,326 3,174
General La Madrid General La Madrid 4,814 11,618
General Las Heras General Las Heras 751 18,022
General Lavalle General Lavalle 2,705 4,870
General Madariaga General Juan Madariaga 2,982 22,624
General Paz Ranchos 1,200 14,207
General Pinto General Pinto 2,558 12,941
General Pueyrredón Mar de Plata 1,462 667,082
General Rodríguez General Rodríguez 367 142,709
General San Martín San Martín 57 450,575
General Viamonte Los Toldos 2,140 22,649
General Villegas General Villegas 7,262 35,251
Guaminí Guaminí 4,824 11,801
Hipólito Yrigoyen Henderson 1,645 10,661
Hurlingham Hurlingham 36 185,641
Ituzaingó Ituzaingó 38 180,232
José C. Paz José C. Paz 50 326,992
Junín Junín 2,255 103,787
La Costa Mar del Tuyú 234 100,689
La Matanza San Justo 327 1,841,247
La Plata La Plata 893 768,470
Lanús Lanús 50 461,267
Laprida Laprida 3,448 11,646
Las Flores Las Flores 3,341 27,239
Leandro N. Alem Vedia 1,606 17,266
Lezama Lezama 1,047 6,221
Lincoln Lincoln 5,778 45,506
Lobería Lobería 4,720 18,243
Lobos Lobos 1,726 41,760
Lomas de Zamora Lomas de Zamora 89 690,323
Luján Luján 771 111,008
Magdalena Magdalena 1,850 26,830
Maipú Maipú 2,604 11,323
Malvinas Argentinas Los Polvorines 63 350,674
Mar Chiquita Coronel Vidal 3,089 33,110
Marcos Paz Marcos Paz 422 67,011
Mercedes Mercedes 1,050 72,980
Merlo Merlo 174 582,486
Monte San Miguel del Monte 1,876 24,868
Monte Hermoso Monte Hermoso 200 8,465
Moreno Moreno 186 576,632
Morón Morón 55 331,183
Navarro Navarro 1,620 19,899
Necochea Necochea 4,566 102,110
Nueve de Julio Nueve de Julio 4,291 52,607
Olavarría Olavarría 7,666 125,751
Patagones Carmen de Patagones 13,564 37,646
Pehuajó Pehuajó 4,523 44,783
Pellegrini Pellegrini 1,821 7,143
Pergamino Pergamino 3,005 115,340
Pila Pila 3,449 4,642
Pilar Pilar 385 394,754
Pinamar Pinamar 66 39,449
Presidente Perón Guernica 122 102,106
Puan Puan 6,376 16,613
Punta Indio Verónica 1,605 12,297
Quilmes Quilmes 92 633,391
Ramallo Ramallo 1,048 39,730
Rauch Rauch 4,313 16,635
Rivadavia América 3,955 19,849
Rojas Rojas 2,060 25,627
Roque Pérez Roque Pérez 1,556 13,977
Saavedra Pigüé 3,546 22,537
Saladillo Saladillo 2,706 35,656
Salliqueló Salliqueló 796 9,427
Salto Salto 1,611 39,425
San Andrés de Giles San Andrés de Giles 1,129 26,510
San Antonio de Areco San Antonio de Areco 862 26,897
San Cayetano San Cayetano 2,997 8,994
San Fernando San Fernando de la Buena Vista 993 171,616
San Isidro San Isidro 52 297,282
San Miguel San Miguel 83 328,835
San Nicolás San Nicolás de los Arroyos 681 167,824
San Pedro San Pedro 1,357 68,613
San Vicente San Vicente 661 98,215
Suipacha Suipacha 943 11,786
Tandil Tandil 4.855 145,575
Tapalqué Tapalqué 4.169 10,783
Tigre Tigre 394 446,949
Tordillo General Conesa 1,334 2,542
Tornquist Tornquist 4.160 14,810
Trenque Lauquen Trenque Lauquen 5,498 49,309
Tres Arroyos Tres Arroyos 5,927 62,426
Tres de Febrero Caseros 45 364,176
Tres Lomas Tres Lomas 1,252 9,164
Veinticinco de Mayo Veinticinco de Mayo 4,789 35,563
Vicente López Olivos 35 282,281
Villa Gesell Villa Gesell 164 37,463
Villarino Médanos 10,399 32,717
Zárate Zárate 1,185 132,221

See also

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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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