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 An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities ...

comprising the

Autonomous 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 Am ...

and the adjacent 24 '' partidos'' (districts) in the

Province of Buenos Aires 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 ...

. Thus, it does not constitute a single administrative unit. The conurbation spreads south, west and north of Buenos Aires city. To the east, the River Plate serves as a natural boundary.

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, especially between 1945 and 1980, created a vast conurbation of 9,910,282 inhabitants in the 24 conurbated ''partidos'', as of 2010, and a total of 12,801,365 including the City of Buenos Aires, a third of the total

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and generating more than half of the country's GDP.

History

The term ''Gran Buenos Aires'' ("Greater Buenos Aires") was first officially used in 1948, when

Governor of Buenos Aires Province The Governor of Buenos Aires Province ( es, Gobernador de la Provincia de Buenos Aires) is a citizen of the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina, holding the office of governor for the corresponding period. The governor is elected alongside a vic ...

Domingo Mercante signed a bill delineating as such an area covering 14 municipalities surrounding the City of Buenos Aires. The term is also related to other expressions that are not necessarily well-defined: the "Buenos Aires' conurbation" (''Conurbano Bonaerense''), the "Greater Buenos Aires Agglomeration" (''Aglomerado Gran Buenos Aires''), and the "Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires" (''Área Metropolitana Buenos Aires'', AMBA).

Definition

Satellite image of Buenos Aires, Argentina - December 19, 2014

The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) has defined Greater Buenos Aires. There are three main groups within the Buenos Aires conurbation. The first two groups (24 '' partidos'') comprise the traditional conurbation, or the "conurbation proper", while the third group of six ''partidos'' is in the process of becoming fully integrated with the rest. ;Fourteen fully urbanized ''partidos'' * Avellaneda *

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* Hurlingham * Ituzaingó * José C. Paz *

Lanús Lanús () is the capital of Lanús Partido, Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires, in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. The city has a population of 212,152 (), and the Partido de Lan� ...

Lomas de Zamora Lomas de Zamora is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located south of the City of Buenos Aires and within the metropolitan area of Greater Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Lomas de Zamora Partido and has a population of 111,897 ...

* Malvinas Argentinas * Morón *

Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the eponymous county. With a population of 230,810, it is located south of the ...

* San Isidro * San Miguel * Tres de Febrero * Vicente López ;Ten ''partidos'' partially urbanized * Almirante Brown * Berazategui *

Esteban Echeverría José Esteban Antonio Echeverría (2 September 1805 – 19 January 1851) was an Argentine poet, fiction writer, cultural promoter, and liberal activist who played a significant role in the development of Argentine literature, not only throu ...

* Ezeiza * Florencio Varela *

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* Merlo *

Moreno Moreno may refer to: Places Argentina *Moreno (Buenos Aires Metro), a station on Line C of the Buenos Aires Metro *Moreno, Buenos Aires, a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina * Moreno Department, a depatnent of Santiago del Estero Province, ...

San Fernando San Fernando may refer to: People *Ferdinand III of Castile (c. 1200–1252), called ''San Fernando'' (Spanish) or ''Saint Ferdinand'', King of Castile, León, and Galicia Places Argentina *San Fernando de la Buena Vista, city of Greater Buenos ...

* Tigre ;Six ''partidos'' not yet conurbated As urbanization continues and the conurbation grows, six additional partially urbanized ''partidos'' now are fully connected with the conurbation: * Escobar *

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* Pilar * Presidente Perón * San Vicente

List of cities in Greater Buenos Aires

INDEC est

Gallery

File:Centro_de_Berazategui.JPG, Berazategui File:Ciudad Evita.JPG, Ciudad Evita (La Matanza Partido) File:Peatonal Florencio Varela 1.jpg, Florencio Varela File:Viacivitanovamarche.JPG, General San Martín File:Iglesia Inmaculada concepción....jpg, Monte Grande (Esteban Echeverría Partido) File:Provincia de Buenos Aires - Vicente López - Avenida Maipú.jpg, Olivos (Vicente López Partido) File:Quilmes001bis.jpg, Quilmes File:Parque junto al Museo de Arte Tigre.jpg, Tigre File:Ruta_Panamericana_Buenos Aires_Florida.jpg, Pan-American Expressway, north of Buenos Aires

History

Definition

List of cities in Greater Buenos Aires

Gallery

References

Further reading