Malvinas Argentinas Partido is a '' partido'' in Buenos Aires Province,

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, in the Gran Buenos Aires urban area. It has an area of and according to the preliminary results of the 2010 Census, the population was 321,833 inhabitants. (). Its name reflects Argentina's disputed claims of

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over the

Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouze ...

(''Islas Malvinas'' in Spanish). It was created on October 20, 1994 by Provincial Law #11551, taking some of the territory of former General Sarmiento Partido.

Los Polvorines Los Polvorines is a district (''localidad'') in the urban conurbation of Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the county seat of Malvinas Argentinas Partido of Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''P ...

is its capital, founded on the

Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano The General Manuel Belgrano Railway (FCGMB) (Spanish: Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano), named after the Argentines, Argentine politician and military leader Manuel Belgrano, is a railway and the longest of the Rail transport in Argentina, A ...

railway, along with the neighboring town of

Del Viso Pilar Partido is a partido in the northern part of Greater Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 232,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Pilar, which is around ...

. The union of the lands around these two train stations originated the district. By Decree #4520, the federal government on 17 December 1908, created the train stop ''Los Polvorines'', which name came from the ''Sargento Cabral'' munitions depot (''polvorín'' in

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), established by the Argentine Army nearby.

Settlements

* El Triángulo *

* Grand Bourg * Ingeniero Adolfo Sourdeaux * Ingeniero Pablo Nogués * Tierras Altas *

Tortuguitas Tortuguitas is a city in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, located northwest of Buenos Aires. The city is located in Malvinas Argentinas Partido (county), and its population was 41,390 inhabitants as of the 2001 Census. Part of a vast estancia ...

* Villa de Mayo

References

External links

Municipalidad de Malvinas Argentinas

InfoBAN noticias de Malvinas Argentinas
1994 establishments in Argentina Partidos of Buenos Aires Province {{BuenosAiresAR-geo-stub