The city of
Buenos Aires is formally divided in 48 ''
barrio
''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residenti ...
s'' (neighborhoods), grouped into 15 ''comunas'' (communes), which are defined as "units of decentralized political and administrative management governed by designated residents".
The city proper (excluding the suburbs and exurbs that form
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 ...
), had 2,891,082 inhabitants as of 2010.
Overview
Sanitary regions
The borders of the sanitary regions are aligned with the borders of the communes.
* Region 1: C1, C3, C4
* Region 2: C7, C8, C9
* Region 3: C5, C6, C10, C11, C15
* Region 4: C2, C12, C13, C14
References
External links
Map of Buenos Aires' neighborhoods and communes
{{Portal, Argentina
Geography of Buenos Aires