General Pueyrredón Partido is a ''
partido'' located on the Atlantic coast of
Buenos Aires Province,
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 ''partido'' covers 1,453 km
2 and has a population of 564,056 (), most of whom live in the large coastal resort of
Mar del Plata.
The ''partido'' was created in 1879. The first mayor was Fortunato de la Plaza.
Name
The partido is named after
Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
Juan Martín de Pueyrredón y O'Dogan (December 18, 1777 – March 13, 1850) was an Argentine general and politician of the early 19th century. He was appointed Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata after the Argentine ...
(1776-1850), who fought in the defence of Buenos Aires against the occupation by the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...
in 1806, and fought for his country again in the
Argentine War of Independence. He later became a politician, serving as governor of
Córdoba Province and as
Supreme Director of Argentina.
Economy
The economy of General Pueyrredón Partido is dominated by the summer tourist season (December–February), when hundreds of thousands of vacationers make their way from 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 to the Atlantic coast of Argentina. The other major industry is fishing. The main city of General Pueyrredón Partido, Mar del Plata, holds one of the most important fishing ports of Argentina.
Other industries include arable farming, beef and dairy farming, related agricultural industries,
metallurgy and the service sector.
Districts
*
Mar del Plata and its resorts and suburbs
*
Sierra de los Padres
*
Laguna de los Padres
* Batán
* El Coyunco
* Gloria de la Peregrina
* Colinas Verdes
* El Dorado
* Santa Paula
* Las Margaritas
* Barrio 2 de Abril
* La Adela
* Santa Angela
* El Sosiego
* Los Zorzales
* Las Quintas
External links
Municipality websiteGeneral Pueyrredón town councilOfficial page of Mar del PlataLa Capital, local newspaper
1874 establishments in Argentina
Partidos of Buenos Aires Province
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