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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 '' Alcalde de la Santa Hermandad''. The judge, or alcalde, 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

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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 (

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) # Ezeiza ( Ezeiza) # Florencio Varela ( Florencio Varela) #

Florentino Ameghino Florentino Ameghino (born Giovanni Battista Fiorino Giuseppe Ameghino September 19, 1853 – August 6, 1911) was an Argentine naturalist, paleontologist, anthropologist and zoologist, whose fossil discoveries on the Argentine Pampas, especially ...

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General Lavalle General Lavalle (also known as Ajó) is a city located in the east of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina., United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency It's the administrative center of the '' partido'' of General Lavalle, and the G ...

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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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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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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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Moreno Moreno may refer to: Places Argentina *Moreno (Buenos Aires Metro), a station on Line C of the Buenos Aires Metro *Moreno, Buenos Aires, a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina * Moreno Department, a depatnent of Santiago del Estero Province, ...

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Pellegrini Pellegrini may refer to: People * Pellegrini (surname), an Italian surname Cities * Carlos Pellegrini, Santa Fe, a city in Santa Fe Province, Argentina *Pellegrini, Buenos Aires, a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina Fish *'' Labeo pellegrin ...

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Pergamino Pergamino () is an Argentine city in the 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 Long valued for its m ...

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Pigüé Pigüé () is a town in Argentina located in the Pampas, south-west of Buenos Aires. It was founded by 165 Occitan-speaking French immigrants from Aveyron (Avairon in occitan) and one Argentine of direct Irish descent on December 4, 1884. The ur ...

) # Saladillo ( Saladillo) # Salto ( Salto) # Salliqueló ( Salliqueló) #

San Andrés de Giles San Andrés de Giles is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative seat of the San Andrés de Giles Partido San Andres de Giles Partido is a partido of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. The capital of the partido is S ...

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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 A ...

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) # San Cayetano ( San Cayetano) #

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) # San Isidro ( San Isidro) # San Miguel ( San Miguel) # San Miguel del Monte (or Monte) (

San Miguel del Monte San Miguel del Monte (also known as Monte) is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the Administrative centre, county seat of Monte Partido, and was established in 1864. External links Municipal websiteSan Nicolás (

San Nicolás de los Arroyos San Nicolás de los Arroyos (usually shortened to ''San Nicolás'') is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the western shore of the Paraná River, from Rosario. It has about 133,000 inhabitants (). It is the administrative seat ...

) # San Pedro ( San Pedro) # San Vicente ( San Vicente) # Suipacha ( Suipacha) #

Tandil Tandil is the main city of the homonymous partido (department), located in Argentina, in the southeast of Buenos Aires Province, just north-northwest of Tandilia hills. The city was founded in 1823 and its name originates from the ''Piedra Moved ...

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) # Tapalqué ( Tapalqué) # Tigre ( Tigre) # Tordillo ( General Conesa) # Tornquist ( Tornquist) #

Trenque Lauquen Trenque Lauquen is a city in the west of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, from Buenos Aires City and from the border with the province of La Pampa, on the intersection of National Routes 5 and 33. Trenque Lauquen is the largest city of t ...

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Tres Arroyos Tres Arroyos is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative seat of Tres Arroyos Partido. The city has a sizable population of Danish and Dutch descent. Tres Arroyos is served by Tres Arroyos Airport. Climate Tres Ar ...

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) # Tres de Febrero ( Caseros) # Tres Lomas ( Tres Lomas) # Veinticinco de Mayo ( Veinticinco de Mayo) # Vicente López ( Olivos) #

Villa Gesell Villa Gesell is a seaside resort city in Villa Gesell Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It was founded in 1931, with the intention of turning a dune field into a timber plantation.

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External links

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

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History

Government

List of partidos

See also

External links