Belén de Escobar (or Escobar) is a city in the

urban conurbation 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, ...

of Greater Buenos Aires 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 of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

for

Escobar Partido Escobar Partido is a partido in the northern part of the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 178,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Belén ...

. The city has an important

Japanese Argentine Japanese Argentines or Japanese Argentinians ( es, nipo-argentinos; ja, 日系アルゼンチン人, ''Nikkei Aruzenchin-jin''), are Argentine citizens of Japanese ancestry, comprising Japanese immigrants and their descendants born in Argentina. ...

population. File:Casa en Escobar.jpg, House in Belén de Escobar File:Entrada Jardin Japones Escobar.jpg, Entrance to the

Japanese garden are traditional gardens whose designs are accompanied by Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideas, avoid artificial ornamentation, and highlight the natural landscape. Plants and worn, aged materials are generally used by Japanese garden desi ...

of Belén de Escobar

External links

Official website

Ciudad Floral website
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province Populated places established in 1877 Escobar Partido Cities in Argentina 1877 establishments in Argentina {{BuenosAiresAR-geo-stub