A ''partido'' is the second-level administrative subdivision only in the . 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

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is distinct from all other

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, which call their second-level subdivisions ''

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'' and are further subdivided into distinct

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History

By the end of 18th century the town council ( cabildo) of

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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 ''

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''. 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

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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

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, who were elected by the citizens of the different partidos. Since 1890 the head of the government is called ''Intendente'' ( Intendant), or

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, 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

Every partido is administrated by an executive and a legislative branch, respectively, the

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(''intendente'') and a council (''concejo deliberante''), similar to a

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. 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 Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multi ...

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. All of them are shown here: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Partidos_de_la_provincia_de_Buenos_Aires !! Only some of them are shown with hyperlinks here: # Exaltación de la Cruz (

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) # Ezeiza ( Ezeiza) # Florencio Varela ( Florencio Varela) # Florentino Ameghino ( Florentino Ameghino) # General Alvarado ( Miramar) # General Alvear ( General Alvear) # General Arenales ( General Arenales) # General Belgrano ( General Belgrano) #

General Guido General Guido is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative headquarters for General Guido Partido General Guido Partido is a partido in the eastern part of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina Argentina (), off ...

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

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General Juan Madariaga General Juan Madariaga () is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative centre for General Madariaga Partido General Madariaga Partido () is a partido located on the Atlantic coast of Buenos Aires Province in Argenti ...

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

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General Viamonte Los Toldos (Sometimes referred to as General Viamonte) is a small town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, situated in General Viamonte Partido, which developed around a station of the same name on the Buenos Aires Western Railway. It is located ...

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General Villegas General Villegas is a town in General Villegas Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. UN/LOCODE UN/LOCODE, the United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations, is a geographic coding scheme developed and maintained by United Nations E ...

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Guaminí Guaminí is the capital of Guaminí Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. History The area was first occupied by Europeans during the Conquest of the Desert The Conquest of the Desert ( es, Conquista del desierto) was an Argentine mil ...

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Hipólito Yrigoyen Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen (; 12 July 1852 – 3 July 1933) was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union and two-time President of Argentina, who served his first term from 1916 to 1922 and his second ...

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Henderson Henderson may refer to: People * Henderson (surname), description of the surname, and a list of people with the surname *Clan Henderson, a Scottish clan Places Argentina *Henderson, Buenos Aires Australia *Henderson, Western Australia Canada * ...

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Mar del Tuyú Mar del Tuyú is a resort town and administrative seat of La Costa Partido, on the Argentine Atlantic Coast, with access to Provincial Route 11. Overview According to INDEC, the population of Mar del Tuyú was 6,916 in 2001, including (Costa d ...

) # La Matanza ( San Justo) # La Plata ( La Plata) # Lanús ( Lanús) #

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

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Leandro N. Alem Leandro Nicéforo Alem (born Leandro Alén; 11 March 1841 – 1 July 1896) was an Argentine politician, founder and leader of the Radical Civic Union. He was the uncle and political teacher of Hipólito Yrigoyen. He was also an active Freemaso ...

( Vedia) # Lezama ( Lezama) # Lincoln ( Lincoln) # Lobería ( Lobería) #

Lobos Lobos is the headquarters city of the Lobos Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It was founded on 2 June 1802 by José Salgado. Background Located 100 km from Buenos Aires, Lobos is currently a fertile agricultural area known ma ...

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) # Lomas de Zamora ( Lomas de Zamora) # Luján ( Luján) # Magdalena ( Magdalena) # Maipú ( Maipú) # Malvinas Argentinas ( Los Polvorines) #

Mar Chiquita Mar Chiquita is a coastal lagoon in the southeast province of Buenos Aires in eastern Argentina. It is located by the Atlantic coast, 30 km north of Mar del Plata. The area is a natural reserve where a number of animal species live around ...

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Coronel Vidal Coronel Vidal is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative centre for Mar Chiquita Partido. Its main commercial activity is agriculture. Every year, in February, the city is host of one of the biggest festivals in Buenos ...

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Monte Hermoso Monte Hermoso is a town located on the Atlantic coast of Argentina, some east of the city of Bahía Blanca, in the south of the Province of Buenos Aires. It is the administrative seat of the partido of Monte Hermoso. Founded at the beginning o ...

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Nueve de Julio ''Nueve de Julio'' (or ''9 de Julio'') means July 9 in Spanish. It may refer to: * The date of the Argentine Declaration of Independence * One of the following cities and towns in Argentina: ** Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires Province ** Nueve de Ju ...

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Pehuajó Pehuajó () is a city in the Pehuajó Partido (Pehuajó district) in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The partido has about 38,400 inhabitants as per the . The name of this relatively small city is well known in Argentina because of Mar� ...

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Guernica Guernica (, ), official name (reflecting the Basque language) Gernika (), is a town in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain. The town of Guernica is one part (along with neighbouring Lumo) of the m ...

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Punta Indio Punta is an Afro-indigenous dance and cultural music originating in the Caribbean Island of Saint Vincent And The Grenadines by the Garifuna people before being exiled from the island. Which is also known as Yurumei. It has African and Arawak ...

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Rojas Rojas is a surname found throughout the Spanish-speaking world, especially in Latin America. Rojas may refer to: People A * Adrián Rojas (born 1977), Chilean professional football player * Aguelmis Rojas (born 1978), Cuban long-distance runn ...

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Roque Pérez Roque Pérez is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative headquarters for Roque Pérez Partido. Notable people * Jorge Dalto Jorge Dalto (July 8, 1948 – October 27, 1987) was a pop, jazz and Afro-Cuban music pia ...

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Pigüé Pigüé () is a town in Argentina located in the Pampas, south-west of Buenos Aires. It was founded by 165 Occitan-speaking French immigrants from Aveyron (Avairon in occitan) and one Argentine of direct Irish descent on December 4, 1884. The ur ...

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Saladillo Saladillo may refer to: *Saladillo, Buenos Aires, a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina * Saladillo, Córdoba, a municipality in San Luis Province in Argentina * Saladillo, San Luis, a municipality in San Luis Province in central Argentina *Sa ...

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Salliqueló Salliqueló is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative headquarters Public Administration (a form of governance) or Public Policy and Administration (an academic discipline) is the implementation of public polic ...

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) # San Andrés de Giles ( San Andrés de Giles) # San Antonio de Areco ( San Antonio de Areco) # San Cayetano ( San Cayetano) # San Fernando ( San Fernando) # San Isidro ( San Isidro) # San Miguel ( San Miguel) # San Miguel del Monte (or Monte) ( San Miguel del Monte) # San Nicolás ( San Nicolás de los Arroyos) # San Pedro ( San Pedro) # San Vicente ( San Vicente) #

Suipacha Suipacha is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative centre for Suipacha Partido. Both are named after the first battle won by patriot forces in the Independence War from Spain. The battle took place near the present ...

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) # Tandil ( Tandil) #

Tapalqué Tapalqué is a town in the central region of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative headquarters for Tapalqué Partido. See also *Tapalqué Partido Tapalqué Partido is a central partido of Buenos Aires Province in Argent ...

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Caseros Caseros might refer to: * Caseros, Buenos Aires, Argentina * Caseros (Entre Ríos), Argentina * Caseros Department, a provincial political subdivision in Santa Fe Province, Argentina * Caseros Prison, Argentina * Battle of Caseros The Battle ...

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Tres Lomas Tres Lomas is a town in Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the ca ...

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External links

Gobierno de Buenos Aires
- Official website of the government of the Province of Buenos Aires

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