General Alvear Partido is a partido (administrative subdivision) in

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 ...

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. In the centre of Buenos Aires province, General Alvear Partido has a population of about 15,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is General Alvear. The partido is from the city of

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

, the capital city of Argentina. The partido and capital are named after the 19th-century Argentinian soldier and statesman

Carlos María de Alvear Carlos María de Alvear (October 25, 1789 in Santo Ángel, Rio Grande do Sul – November 3, 1852 in New York), was an Argentine soldier and statesman, Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata in 1815. Early life ...

Towns

* General Alvear (capital) * El Chumbeao * El Parche * El Tabaré * Emma * Los Gatos * Jose Maria Micheo * Santa Isabel * Lafuente

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* Populated places established in 1869 Partidos of Buenos Aires Province 1869 establishments in Argentina {{BuenosAiresAR-geo-stub