General Rodríguez is a western
partido of
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 capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...
, in
Argentina. It is a district on the far western outskirts 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 adjac ...
.
Name
The partido and its capital are named after
Martín Rodríguez Martin Rodriguez may refer to:
*Martín Rodríguez (politician), Argentine politician
*Martín Rodríguez (tennis), Argentine tennis player
*Martin Rodrigues, drummer of the 1970s band Captain Beyond
*Martín Rodríguez (field hockey) (born 1990), ...
, a hero of the defense of Buenos Aires from the British invasion of 1806, a veteran of the
Argentine War of Independence
The Argentine War of Independence ( es, Guerra de Independencia de Argentina, links=no) was a secessionist civil war fought from 1810 to 1818 by Argentine patriotic forces under Manuel Belgrano, Juan José Castelli and José de San Martín a ...
, and a former governor of Buenos Aires.
Geographic Location
General Rodríguez is in the northeast portion of Buenos Aires Province, and it is from Buenos Aires City. It is also bounded by Pilar, Moreno, Marcos Paz, Merlo and Luján cities. The physical geography of the place corresponds to the Urbanised Pampeana Prairie of Buenos Aires.
Population
According to the preliminary estimates of the total population for General Rodríguez of the census of 2010, the population is 87,491 inhabitants.
• Population in 1991: 48,383 inhabitants (INDEC, 1991)
• Population in 2001: 67,931 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001)
Sports in the city
General Rodríguez is home to several polo clubs of Argentina.
External links
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Website for Gral. Rodríguez
1878 establishments in Argentina
Partidos of Buenos Aires Province
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