Vicente López is a partido in the

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. It is one of the country´s most affluent municipalities. Vicente López is located 20 kilometers north of downtown

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and 80 kilometers north of the city of

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, the provincial capital. The partido incorporates several smaller neighborhoods, including Olivos,

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and La Lucila. Vicente López is known for its large residential areas, for being the seat of the Argentina presidential residence, and for its coastal park along the River Plate. It has an estimated population of 269,420. Its 33km² makes Vicente López the smallest partido in the

and the second smallest municipality in Argentina.

Toponymy

The partido's name honors Vicente López y Planes, an Argentine writer and politician, the writer of the lyrics of the Argentine National Anthem, governor of Buenos Aires province (after the fall of

Juan Manuel de Rosas Juan Manuel José Domingo Ortiz de Rosas (30 March 1793 – 14 March 1877), nicknamed "Restorer of the Laws", was an Argentine politician and army officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confederation. Although ...

) and then President of Argentina succeeding

Bernardino Rivadavia Bernardino de la Trinidad González Rivadavia (May 20, 1780 – September 2, 1845) was the first President of Argentina, then called the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, from February 8, 1826 to June 27, 1827. He was educated at ...

. López y Planes also composed ''El Triunfo Argentino'', an ode to the resistance during the English invasion of Buenos Aires. At the beginning it was thought to call it "Olivos", the name of the most important district of Vicente López.

Location

The partido is bordered by the city of

to the South,

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to the West, San Isidro Partido at the North and

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to the East.

Districts

Carapachay Carapachay is a town located in Vicente López Partido in Argentina. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires agglomeration. History In 1909 the Ferrocarril Central Córdoba, which subsequently became the Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano ...

* Florida Oeste * La Lucila *

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* Olivos * Vicente López * Villa Adelina * Villa Martelli

Demography

Vicente López is the 8th most populated Partido of

Greater Buenos Aires Greater Buenos Aires ( es, Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area ( es, Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, AMBA), refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the adj ...

. Most of the inhabitants are descendants of Italian and Spanish immigrants. There are also descendants of German, Polish, Ukrainian, Armenian and Croatian amongst other nationalities. The partido has 280,929 inhabitants according to the 2010 Census.

Gallery

File:Maipu Avenue in Vicente Lopez.jpg, Maipú Avenue. File:Santa Teresita del Nino Jesus church.jpg, Santa Teresita catholic church in

. File:Sunsetpaseodelacostavtelopez.jpg, View of the area from the

Notable residents

Josef Mengele , allegiance = , branch = Schutzstaffel , serviceyears = 1938–1945 , rank = '' SS''-'' Hauptsturmführer'' (Captain) , servicenumber = , battles = , unit = , awards = , commands = , ...

, a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and physician during World War II

References

External links

Municipalidad de Vicente López

Municipalidad de Vicente López at Google Cultural Institute
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vicente Lopez Partido Populated places established in 1905 Partidos of Buenos Aires Province 1905 establishments in Argentina