General Viamonte Partido is a partido in the north of

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. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 17,600 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is

Los Toldos Los Toldos (Sometimes referred to as General Viamonte) is a small town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, situated in General Viamonte Partido, which developed around a station of the same name on the Buenos Aires Western Railway. It is located ...

, which is from

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. The town of Los Toldos is home to an

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colony.

Name

The partido was originally named after a settlement that had built up around a train station on the

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called ''Los Toldos''. In 1910 the name of the partido was changed from ''Los Toldos'' to General Viamonte although the town has kept the name Los Toldos. The partido is now named in honour of General

Juan José Viamonte Juan José Viamonte González (February 9, 1774 – March 31, 1843) was an Argentine general in the early 19th century. Life and Politics Viamonte was born in Buenos Aires and entered the army in his youth following in his father's footstep ...

, a hero of the

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, governor of Buenos Aires and Argentine head of state for 3 days (April 18, 1815 to April 20, 1815). There is some debate about the name of the district capital: some sources claim that the capital is also known as General Viamonte, but the population of the district still call it Los Toldos.

Settlements

* Baigorrita *

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* La Delfina * Quirno Costa * San Emilio * Zavalía

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information about Los Toldos
1908 establishments in Argentina Partidos of Buenos Aires Province Populated places established in 1908 {{BuenosAiresAR-geo-stub