General Pinto Partido is a partido on the northern border of

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. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 11,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is

General Pinto General Pinto is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of ...

, which is around from

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. The partido and its district capital are named after General Manuel Guillermo Pinto, who fought in the defence of Buenos Aires against the English and in the

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. He later went on to serve as

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. The partido was reduced in size in 1991 due to the creation of Florentino Ameghino Partido.

Settlements

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(Estación Iriarte) * Dos Hermanos * Dussaud * El Peregrino * Günther * Ingeniero V. Balbín (Villa Roth) * Los Callejones * Pazos Kanki *

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(Estación Coronel Granada) *

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External links

* 1891 establishments in Argentina Partidos of Buenos Aires Province {{BuenosAiresAR-geo-stub