A ''partido'' is the second-level administrative subdivision only in the . They are formally considered to be a single administrative unit, usually contain one or more population centers (i.e., towns and cities), and are divided into ''localidades''. The subdivision in partidos in

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is distinct from all other

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, which call their second-level subdivisions ''

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'' and are further subdivided into distinct

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History

By the end of 18th century the town council ( cabildo) of

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established the first partidos in the countryside: San Isidro del Pago de la Costa ( San Isidro) in 1779 and San Vicente,

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, Magdalena,

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, Cañada de Morón ( Morón), Las Conchas ( Tigre) and San Pedro in 1784. At the head of every partido, the cabildo appointed a rural judge called ''

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''. The judge, or

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, had the mission to maintain the law and order in the surrounding rural area of Buenos Aires, fighting against

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. The alcalde was helped by a

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called ''

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'' (Holy Brotherhood) created in the late 15th century by the

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and transplanted to the colonies. In 1821 the Governor Martín Rodríguez and his minister

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dissolved the cabildos and since then was the governor itself who appointed the judges, now called ''Juez de Paz'' (Justice of the Peace), his administrative territory was called ''Partido judicial'' (Judicial district) hence the name of the subdivision. In 1856 the office of Juez de Paz was replaced by a ''Presidente de la Municipalidad'', or Municipal President. It was appointed by the Governor from a list of three candidates presented by the ''Municipales'', or

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, who were elected by the citizens of the different partidos. Since 1890 the head of the government is called ''Intendente'' ( Intendant), or

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, and is directly elected by the citizens. On October 24, 1864 the Legislature of the Province of Buenos Aires sanctioned law № 422, dividing the province into 45 partidos: Arrecifes, Baradero, Barrancas al Sud (Avellaneda), Belgrano ( Barrio Belgrano), Cañuelas, Carmen de Areco, Chacabuco, Chascomús, Chivilcoy, del Pilar, Ensenada, Exaltación de la Cruz, General las Heras, General San Martín, Giles, Junín, Matanza, Las Conchas (Tigre), Lobos, Lomas de Zamora, Luján, Magdalena, Mercedes, Merlo, Monte, Moreno, Morón, Navarro, Pergamino, Quilmes, Ramallo, Ranchos, Rivadavia, Rojas, Salto, San Antonio, San Fernando, San Isidro, San José de Flores ( Barrio Flores), San Nicolás, San Pedro, San Vicente, Suipacha, Viedma and Zárate.

Government

Every partido is administrated by an executive and a legislative branch, respectively, the

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(''intendente'') and a council (''concejo deliberante''), similar to a

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. It is considered a

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-council form of government. The mayor is elected to four-year terms and can be reelected for a new term. If they have been re-elected, they can not be re-elected in the same position, but with an interval of one period. The council is a

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...

body, one-half of whose members are elected every two years to serve four-year terms and can be reelected for a new term. If they have been re-elected, they can not be re-elected in the same position, but with an interval of one period. The number of councillors depends on the population of every partido. According to decret-law 6769/58 the number of councillors varies as follows:

List of partidos

Buenos Aires Province is divided into 135 partidos. All of them are shown here: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Partidos_de_la_provincia_de_Buenos_Aires !! Only some of them are shown with hyperlinks here: # Exaltación de la Cruz (

Capilla del Señor Capilla del Señor (Chapel of the Lord), is a city located in the northern part of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative seat of Exaltación de la Cruz Partido; which is bounded by the Zárate, Campana, Pilar, Luján, San ...

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Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" is a s ...

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General Rodríguez General Rodríguez is a city within the urban agglomeration of Greater Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative centre for General Rodríguez Partido. The triple crime The Triple crime ( es, Triple crimen) to ...

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General Villegas General Villegas is a town in General Villegas Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. UN/LOCODE UN/LOCODE, the United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations, is a geographic coding scheme developed and maintained by United Nations ...

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Guaminí Guaminí is the capital of Guaminí Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. History The area was first occupied by Europeans during the Conquest of the Desert The Conquest of the Desert ( es, Conquista del desierto) was an Argentine mi ...

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Hipólito Yrigoyen Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen (; 12 July 1852 – 3 July 1933) was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union and two-time President of Argentina, who served his first term from 1916 to 1922 and his second ...

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Mar del Tuyú Mar del Tuyú is a resort town and administrative seat of La Costa Partido, on the Argentine Atlantic Coast, with access to Provincial Route 11. Overview According to INDEC, the population of Mar del Tuyú was 6,916 in 2001, including (Costa ...

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Laprida Laprida is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative centre for Laprida Partido. Attractions *Museo Archivo Histórico Hugo H. Diez (Hugo Diez Museum & Historical archive) *Laguna El Paraíso, lake, located 4 k ...

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Lobos Lobos is the headquarters city of the Lobos Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It was founded on 2 June 1802 by José Salgado. Background Located 100 km from Buenos Aires, Lobos is currently a fertile agricultural area known ma ...

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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. ...

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Los Polvorines Los Polvorines is a district (''localidad'') in the urban conurbation of Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the county seat of Malvinas Argentinas Partido of Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''P ...

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Monte Hermoso Monte Hermoso is a town located on the Atlantic coast of Argentina, some east of the city of Bahía Blanca, in the south of the Province of Buenos Aires. It is the administrative seat of the partido of Monte Hermoso. Founded at the beginning ...

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Pehuajó Pehuajó () is a city in the Pehuajó Partido (Pehuajó district) in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The partido has about 38,400 inhabitants as per the . The name of this relatively small city is well known in Argentina because of Marí ...

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Pergamino Pergamino () is an Argentine city in the Buenos Aires Province, Province of Buenos Aires. It has a population of about 104,985 inhabitants as per the and is the administrative seat of its county, Pergamino Partido. Its UN/LOCODE is ARPGO. History ...

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Guernica Guernica (, ), official name (reflecting the Basque language) Gernika (), is a town in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain. The town of Guernica is one part (along with neighbouring Lumo) of the mu ...

) # Puan Partido, Puan (Puan, Buenos Aires, Puan) # Punta Indio Partido, Punta Indio (Verónica, Buenos Aires, Verónica) #

(Quilmes) # Ramallo Partido, Ramallo (Ramallo, Buenos Aires, Ramallo) # Rauch Partido, Rauch (Rauch, Buenos Aires, Rauch) # Rivadavia Partido, Rivadavia (América, Buenos Aires, América) # Rojas Partido, Rojas (Rojas, Buenos Aires, Rojas) # Roque Pérez Partido, Roque Pérez (Roque Pérez) # Saavedra Partido, Saavedra (Pigüé) # Saladillo Partido, Saladillo (Saladillo, Buenos Aires, Saladillo) # Salto Partido, Salto (Salto, Buenos Aires, Salto) # Salliqueló Partido, Salliqueló (Salliqueló) # San Andrés de Giles Partido, San Andrés de Giles (San Andrés de Giles) # San Antonio de Areco Partido, San Antonio de Areco (San Antonio de Areco) # San Cayetano Partido, San Cayetano (San Cayetano, Buenos Aires, San Cayetano) # San Fernando Partido, San Fernando (San Fernando, Buenos Aires, San Fernando) # San Isidro (San Isidro, Buenos Aires, San Isidro) # San Miguel Partido, San Miguel (San Miguel, Buenos Aires, San Miguel) # Monte Partido, San Miguel del Monte (or Monte) (San Miguel del Monte) # San Nicolás Partido, San Nicolás (San Nicolás de los Arroyos) # San Pedro (San Pedro, Buenos Aires, San Pedro) # San Vicente (San Vicente, Buenos Aires, San Vicente) # Suipacha Partido, Suipacha (Suipacha) # Tandil Partido, Tandil (Tandil) # Tapalqué Partido, Tapalqué (Tapalqué) # Tigre (Tigre, Buenos Aires, Tigre) # Tordillo Partido, Tordillo (General Conesa, Buenos Aires, General Conesa) # Tornquist Partido, Tornquist (Tornquist, Buenos Aires, Tornquist) # Trenque Lauquen Partido, Trenque Lauquen (Trenque Lauquen) # Tres Arroyos Partido, Tres Arroyos (Tres Arroyos) # Tres de Febrero Partido, Tres de Febrero (Caseros, Buenos Aires, Caseros) # Tres Lomas Partido, Tres Lomas (Tres Lomas) # Veinticinco de Mayo Partido, Veinticinco de Mayo (Veinticinco de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Veinticinco de Mayo) # Vicente López Partido, Vicente López (Olivos, Buenos Aires, Olivos) # Villa Gesell Partido, Villa Gesell (Villa Gesell) # Villarino Partido, Villarino (Médanos, Buenos Aires, Médanos) # Zárate Partido, Zárate (Zárate, Buenos Aires, Zárate)

External links

Gobierno de Buenos Aires
- Official website of the government of the Province of Buenos Aires

{{Partidos of Buenos Aires Province Types of administrative division Partidos of Buenos Aires Province, Subdivisions of Argentina Lists of subdivisions of Argentina

History

Government

List of partidos

See also

External links