General La Madrid is a
partido in the central region of
Buenos Aires Province in
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 ...
.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 11,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is
General La Madrid.
The Partido and its capital city are named after General
Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid, a general who fought in the
Argentine War of Independence. He served with Argentine heroes such as
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (25 February 177817 August 1850), known simply as José de San Martín () or '' the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru'', was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and centr ...
,
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano y González (3 June 1770 – 20 June 1820), usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano (), was an Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He ...
and
José María Paz
Brigadier General José María Paz y Haedo (September 9, 1791 – October 22, 1854) was an Argentine military figure, notable in the Argentine War of Independence and the Argentine Civil Wars.
Childhood
Born in Córdoba, Argentina, the son ...
.
Towns
* General La Madrid
* La Colina
*
Líbano
* Las Martinetas
*
Pontaut
1890 establishments in Argentina
Partidos of Buenos Aires Province
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