Lezama (officially Ciudad de Lezama, formerly Pueblo y Colonia de Manuel J. Cobo) is the administrative centre of the

Lezama Partido Lezama Partido is a partido 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 , ma ...

in the

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 ...

. It is 157 km south of the centre of Buenos Aires. It has a population of about 4,500 people (2010).

History

The city is named for José Gregorio Lezama (1802-1889), who was an agricultural merchant, landowner and philanthropist. The Lezaman claim for autonomy dates to 22 December 1894, when the territory was annexed to the

Chascomús Partido Chascomús is an east central '' partido'' (administrative district) of the Province of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Some south-southeast of the city of Buenos Aires, the district has a total population of around 37,000, some 35,000 of whom live i ...

(department). Lezama was incorporated on 21 April 1913. In December 2009, 115 years after the request, the Lezama Partido gained autonomy. The Buenos Aires Provincial Legislature voted 58 in favor to 21 against (with one absence) in that vote.

References

External links

Official website
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