Ensenada Partido () is a district (a " partido") of

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, belonging to the Greater

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area, just south of the

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urban conglomerate. The provincial district has a population of about 51,448 inhabitants in an area of only ; its capital city is Ensenada, from

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and from

History

The district spans the area historically known as

Ensenada de Barragán Ensenada is a Spanish word meaning ''bay''. Ensenada may also refer to: Boats * Ensenada 20, an American sailboat design People * N. Senada, a possible composer who is said to have collaborated with the rock band The Residents * Marquis of ...

(Barragán's Cove). The old coastal site forms part of what is today Santiago Island. A military battery and defensive wall was built there in the early 18th century, known as Fuerte Barragán (''Fort Barragán''). On 5 May 1801

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Marqués de Avilés founded the village of Ensenada. In 1882, the government of

Dardo Rocha Dardo Rocha (September 1, 1838 – September 6, 1921) was an Argentine naval officer, lawyer and politician best known as the founder of the city of La Plata and of the University of La Plata. Life and times Juan José Dardo Rocha was born t ...

declared it as temporary provincial capital while the new city of

was being built.

Settlements

* Ensenada *

Punta Lara Punta Lara is a city located in the Ensenada Partido, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina ...

* Villa Catella * Dique Nº 1 * Isla Santiago

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