Almirante Brown is a
partido of the
Buenos Aires Province,
Argentina
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, located at the south of the
Gran 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 ...
urban area, at coordinates .
It has an area of
129.33 km2 (49.9 sq mi) and 555,731 inhabitants (),
and its capital is
Adrogué
Adrogué () is a city in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, located 23 km south of Buenos Aires. It is the administrative headquarters for Almirante Brown Partido (county).
At slightly more than 30,000 inhabitants, it is a prominent residenti ...
.
Name
The partido is named after
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
born General
William Brown who led the Argentine navy in the
Argentine War of Independence and helped Argentina gain her independence from the
Spanish Empire
The Spanish Empire ( es, link=no, Imperio español), also known as the Hispanic Monarchy ( es, link=no, Monarquía Hispánica) or the Catholic Monarchy ( es, link=no, Monarquía Católica) was a colonial empire governed by Spain and its prede ...
.
Cities
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Adrogué
Adrogué () is a city in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, located 23 km south of Buenos Aires. It is the administrative headquarters for Almirante Brown Partido (county).
At slightly more than 30,000 inhabitants, it is a prominent residenti ...
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Burzaco
Burzaco is a city in Almirante Brown Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It has an area of 22.77 km2, holds a population of 98,859 (). It is 27 kilometres from Buenos Aires city, to which it is linked by the Ferrocarril General Roca Sou ...
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Claypole
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Don Orione
Luigi Giovanni Orione was an Italian priest who was active in answering the social needs of his nation as it faced the social upheavals of the late 19th century. To this end, he founded a religious institute of men. He has been declared a saint b ...
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Rafael Calzada
Rafael Calzada is an Argentine city ( es, ciudad) within the Almirante Brown Partido, which is located in the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, Argentina. It has an area of 5.14 km² and a population of 56,419 (). The city is linked with Bue ...
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Glew
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Longchamps
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Malvinas Argentinas
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José Marmol
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Ministro Rivadavia
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San Francisco de Asís
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San José
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San Francisco Solano
San Francisco Solano is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires agglomeration. It is divided between the Quilmes
Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east ...
References
External links
Municipalidad de Almirante Brown official siteMinistry of the Interior statisticsAlmirante Brown Police Department
Partidos of Buenos Aires Province
1875 establishments in Argentina
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