The city of
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the RÃo de la Plata, on South ...
is administratively divided into fifteen ''comunas'', unlike the
Province of Buenos Aires
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 capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...
, which is subdivided into ''
partidos'', or the rest of Argentina, in which the second-order administrative division is ''
departamentos''. Each ''comuna'' encompasses one or more neighbourhoods (''barrios''), which are represented in the respective community centres for administrative purposes.
The division by ''comunas'' was instituted by the 1996 Constitution of the City of Buenos Aires, and modified in 2005 by Law #1777. The law was again modified in 2008, 2011, and 2013.
List of ''comunas''
The ''comunas'' are serially numbered. They are listed below in numerical order together with their constituent neighbourhoods.
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Comuna 1:
Puerto Madero
Puerto Madero, also known within the urban planning community as the Puerto Madero Waterfront, is a barrio of Buenos Aires in Argentina in the central business district, occupying a significant portion of the RÃo de la Plata riverbank and repres ...
,
San Nicolás,
Retiro,
Monserrat,
San Telmo
San Telmo ("Saint Pedro González Telmo") is the oldest ''barrio'' (neighborhood) of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is a well-preserved area of the Argentine metropolis and is characterized by its colonial buildings. Cafes, tango parlors and antiqu ...
and
Constitución
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Comuna 2:
Recoleta
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Comuna 3:
Balvanera and
San Cristóbal
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Comuna 4:
La Boca
La Boca (; "the Mouth", probably of the Matanza River) is a neighborhood (''barrio'') of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. It retains a strong Italian flavour, many of its early settlers having originated in the city of Genoa.
Geography
L ...
,
Barracas,
Parque Patricios and
Nueva Pompeya
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Comuna 5:
Almagro and
Boedo
Boedo is a working-class ''barrio'' or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The neighborhood and one of its principal streets were named after Mariano Boedo, a leading figure in the Argentine independence.
It is the home of San Lorenzo de A ...
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Comuna 6:
Caballito
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Comuna 7:
Flores and
Parque Chacabuco
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Comuna 8:
Villa Soldati,
Villa Lugano and
Villa Riachuelo
Villa Riachuelo is a ''barrio'' (district) of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , ...
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Comuna 9:
Parque Avellaneda,
Mataderos
Mataderos (Spanish for "slaughterhouses") is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is one of the three ''barrios'' that make up the Comuna 9, alongside Liniers and Parque Avellaneda. Located in the south-west end of the city, ...
and
Liniers
Liniers is a barrio (neighborhood) of Buenos Aires on the edge of the city, centered on Rivadavia Avenue. It is also an important train station and bus hub, connecting western Gran Buenos Aires with the Buenos Aires Metro.
The neighborhood deve ...
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Comuna 10:
Villa Luro,
Vélez Sársfield,
Floresta,
Monte Castro,
Villa Real and
Versalles
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Comuna 11:
Villa Devoto
Villa Devoto is a neighborhood or district located in the northwestern area of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its administrative limits are defined by Lope de Vega, General Paz, San MartÃn, and Francisco Beiró Avenues; and JoaquÃn V. Gonzà ...
,
Villa del Parque,
Villa Santa Rita
Villa Santa Rita is a ''barrio'' (district) of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of ...
and
Villa General Mitre
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Comuna 12:
Villa Pueyrredón,
Villa Urquiza
Villa Urquiza is a barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located between the barrios of Villa Pueyrredón, Belgrano, Villa Ortúzar, Coghlan, Saavedra and AgronomÃa. Its limits are the streets and avenues Constituyentes, ...
,
Coghlan and
Saavedra
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Comuna 13:
Núñez,
Belgrano and
Colegiales
Colegiales is a ''barrio'' or district in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located between ''Alvarez Thomas av.'', ''Forest av.'', ''De los Incas av.'', ''Virrey del Pino st.'', ''Cabildo av.'', ''Jorge Newbery st.'', ''Crámer st.'' and ''Dorrego ...
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Comuna 14:
Palermo
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Comuna 15:
Villa Ortúzar
Villa Ortúzar is one of the neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is loca ...
,
Chacarita,
Villa Crespo,
La Paternal
La Paternal or Paternal ( en, The Paternal) is a ''neighborhood'' or district in the centre of Buenos Aires city, Argentina. It was founded in 1904 by a city decree (''decreto'') and was named 'La Paternal' after the train station in the neighbour ...
,
AgronomÃa
AgronomÃa is a ''Barrios of Buenos Aires, barrio'' or district in the centre part of City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It gets its name from the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Agronomy (''Fa ...
and
Parque Chas
Parque is the Galician, Portuguese and Spanish word for "park", and may refer to:
* Parque (TransMilenio), a metro station in Bogotá, Colombia
* Parque (Lisbon Metro), in Portugal
* Parque (Santurce), a subbarrio in San Juan, Puerto Rico
* Jim ...
See also
*
Departments of Argentina – second-level administrative divisions in other parts of Argentina.
References
External links
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{{Neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires