San Andres de Giles Partido is a
partido of
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 ...
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 , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
. The capital of the partido is
San Andrés de Giles
San Andrés de Giles is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative seat
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration ...
, west 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 ...
and west of the provincial capital
La Plata. The provincial subdivision has a population of 20,829 inhabitants (2001) in an area of .
It is bordered by
Exaltación de la Cruz in the northeast,
Mercedes in the south,
Luján in the southeast,
Suipacha in the southeast,
Carmen de Areco
Carmen de Areco is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative centre for Carmen de Areco Partido.
History
In 1779, Viceroy Vértiz ordered Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Bergezé de Ducás to reinforce the line of defence ...
in the east and
San Antonio de Areco
San Antonio de Areco is a city in northern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, and administrative seat of the partido of San Antonio de Areco. It is located on the Areco River away from Buenos Aires city, the country's capital.
San Antonio de Ar ...
in the northeast.
Places
Cities and towns
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San Andrés de Giles
San Andrés de Giles is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative seat
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration ...
(partido seat), (population: 13941)
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Solís, (population: 864)
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Villa Ruiz (population: 465)
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Cucullu (population: 435)
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Azcuénaga (population: 357)
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Villa Espil (population: 167)
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Franklin
Franklin may refer to:
People
* Franklin (given name)
* Franklin (surname)
* Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class
Places Australia
* Franklin, Tasmania, a township
* Division of Franklin, federal electoral d ...
(population: 71)
Other settlements
* Espora
* Heavy
* Tuyutí
* La Florida
* San Alberto
* Barrio El Candil
* La Rosada
* Km 108
* Km 125 Paraje El Cóndor
References
External links
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San Andrés de Giles Partidoat the Ministry of the Interior
Partidos of Buenos Aires Province
States and territories established in 1806
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