The city 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 RÃo de la Plata, on South ...
is administratively divided into fifteen ''comunas'', unlike the
Province of Buenos Aires
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 ...
, which is subdivided into ''
partidos'', or the rest of Argentina, in which the second-order administrative division is ''
departamentos''. Each ''comuna'' encompasses one or more neighbourhoods (''barrios''), which are represented in the respective community centres for administrative purposes.
The division by ''comunas'' was instituted by the 1996 Constitution of the City of Buenos Aires, and modified in 2005 by Law #1777. The law was again modified in 2008, 2011, and 2013.
List of ''comunas''
The ''comunas'' are serially numbered. They are listed below in numerical order together with their constituent neighbourhoods.
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Comuna 1:
Puerto Madero
Puerto Madero, also known within the urban planning
Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land ...
,
San Nicolás,
Retiro,
Monserrat,
San Telmo
San Telmo ("Saint Pedro González Telmo") is the oldest ''barrio'' (neighborhood) of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is a well-preserved area of the Argentine metropolis and is characterized by its colonial buildings. Cafes, tango parlors and antiqu ...
and
Constitución
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Comuna 2:
Recoleta
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Comuna 3
Comuna 3 is one of the 15 communes in which the Autonomous City 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 Argen ...
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Balvanera
Balvanera is a barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Origin of name and alternative names
The official name, Balvanera, is the name of the ''parroquia'' (parish) centered around the church of ''Nuestra Señora de Balvanera'', erected ...
and
San Cristóbal
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Comuna 4
Comuna 4 is one of the 15 communes in which the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires is divided. It is made up of the neighborhoods of Barracas, La Boca, Nueva Pompeya and Parque Patricios
Parque Patricios is a ''barrio'' located on the southern sid ...
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La Boca
La Boca (; "the Mouth", probably of the Matanza River) is a neighborhood (''barrio'') of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. It retains a strong Italian flavour, many of its early settlers having originated in the city of Genoa.
Geography
L ...
,
Barracas,
Parque Patricios
Parque Patricios is a ''barrio'' located on the southern side of Buenos Aires, Argentina belonging to the fourth ''comuna''.
Parque Patricios underwent a transformation during the beginning of the 1900s. The government moved the main slaughterhou ...
and
Nueva Pompeya
Nueva Pompeya (Spanish for ''New Pompei''), often loosely referred to as Pompeya, is a neighbourhood in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Located in the South side, it has long been one of the city's proletarian districts steeped in the tradit ...
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Comuna 5
Comuna 5 is one of the 15 communes in which the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires is divided. It is made up of the neighborhoods of Almagro and Boedo
Boedo is a working-class ''barrio'' or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The neighborhoo ...
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Almagro
Almagro () may refer to:
People
*Diego de Almagro (1475–1538), Spanish explorer
*Diego Almagro II (1520–1542), assassin of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro
*Luis Almagro (born 1963), Uruguayan lawyer, diplomat and politician
*Nicolás ...
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Boedo
Boedo is a working-class ''barrio'' or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The neighborhood and one of its principal streets were named after Mariano Boedo, a leading figure in the Argentine independence.
It is the home of San Lorenzo de A ...
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Comuna 6:
Caballito
Caballito (; Spanish for "little horse") is a ''barrio'' (neighborhood) of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. It is the only ''barrio'' in the administrative division ''Comuna'' 6.
It is located in the geographical centre of the city, limited ...
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Comuna 7
Comuna 7 is one of the 15 Communes of Buenos Aires, communes in which the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires is divided. It is made up of the neighborhoods of Flores, Buenos Aires, Flores and Parque Chacabuco. It is located in the mid-southwest of th ...
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Flores
Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. Including the Komodo Islands off its west coast (but excluding the Solor Archipelago to the east of Flores), the land area is 15,530.58 km2, and th ...
and
Parque Chacabuco
Parque Chacabuco is a neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its name is due to Chacabuco Park, which is in its centre, taking the name from the Battle of Chacabuco.
Geography
It is located in the centre-south of Buenos Aires. It limits to th ...
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Comuna 8
Comuna 8 is one of the 15 communes in which the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires is divided. It is made up of the neighborhoods of Villa Soldati, Villa Lugano, and Villa Riachuelo. It is located in the southwest of the city, has an area of 21.9&n ...
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Villa Soldati
Villa Soldati is a neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the South-West of the city. It has a population of approximately 41,000 people, 40% of which live in Barrio Soldati, a public housing development built between 1973 and 1979.
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Villa Lugano
Villa Lugano is a ''Neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires, barrio'' (neighbourhood) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the south of the city. It has a population of approximately 114,000 people. It is delimited by Avenida Eva Perón, Avenida General P ...
and
Villa Riachuelo
Villa Riachuelo is a ''barrio'' (district) of Buenos Aires, 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 , ...
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Comuna 9
Comuna 9 is one of the 15 communes in which the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires is divided. It is made up of the neighborhoods of Liniers, Mataderos
Mataderos (Spanish for "slaughterhouses") is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood) in Buenos Aires, Argent ...
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Parque Avellaneda,
Mataderos
Mataderos (Spanish for "slaughterhouses") is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is one of the three ''barrios'' that make up the Comuna 9, alongside Liniers and Parque Avellaneda. Located in the south-west end of the city, ...
and
Liniers
Liniers is a barrio (neighborhood) of Buenos Aires on the edge of the city, centered on Rivadavia Avenue. It is also an important train station and bus hub, connecting western Gran Buenos Aires with the Buenos Aires Metro.
The neighborhood deve ...
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Comuna 10:
Villa Luro
Villa Luro is a '' barrio'' (district) of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located near the western end of the City of Buenos Aires.
The district owes its name to Dr. Pedro Luro, a prominent local physician and real-estate developer who, during the ...
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Vélez Sársfield,
Floresta,
Monte Castro
Monte Castro is a western '' barrio'' (neighborhood) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, belonging to the 10th comuna (district). Its borders are: Alvarez Jonte Ave., Lope de Vega Ave., Juan AgustÃn GarcÃa St., JoaquÃn V. González St., Baigorria St., ...
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Villa Real and
Versalles
Versalles is a town and municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Versalles is a town near El Dovio and Roldanillo
Roldanillo is a town and municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. ...
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Comuna 11
Comuna 11 is one of the 15 communes in which the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires is divided. It is made up of the neighborhoods of Villa Devoto, Villa del Parque, Villa Santa Rita, and Villa General Mitre
Villa General Mitre is a neighborhood, ...
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Villa Devoto
Villa Devoto is a neighborhood or district located in the northwestern area of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its administrative limits are defined by Lope de Vega, General Paz, San MartÃn, and Francisco Beiró Avenues; and JoaquÃn V. Gonzà ...
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Villa del Parque
Villa del Parque is a '' barrio'' (neighbourhood) or district within the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its name translates as Village of the Park and was derived from its earliest beginnings, when several haciendas were all that existed, alongsi ...
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Villa Santa Rita
Villa Santa Rita is a ''barrio'' (district) of Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Villa General Mitre
Villa General Mitre is a neighborhood, or '' barrio'', of Buenos Aires.
The ward has a land area of , and a population of 36,000. It was named after General Bartolomé Mitre, President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.
Villa Mitre was developed ...
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Comuna 12:
Villa Pueyrredón,
Villa Urquiza
Villa Urquiza is a barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located between the barrios of Villa Pueyrredón, Belgrano, Villa Ortúzar, Coghlan, Saavedra and AgronomÃa. Its limits are the streets and avenues Constituyentes, C ...
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Coghlan and
Saavedra
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Comuna 13:
Núñez,
Belgrano and
Colegiales
Colegiales is a ''barrio'' or district in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located between ''Alvarez Thomas av.'', ''Forest av.'', ''De los Incas av.'', ''Virrey del Pino st.'', ''Cabildo av.'', ''Jorge Newbery st.'', ''Crámer st.'' and ''Dorrego ...
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Comuna 14:
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
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Comuna 15
Comuna 15 is one of the 15 communes in which the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires is divided. It is made up of the neighborhoods of Villa Ortúzar, Chacarita, Villa Crespo, La Paternal, AgronomÃa and Parque Chas
Parque is the Galician, Portugue ...
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Villa Ortúzar
Villa Ortúzar is one of the neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires. Its limits are La Pampa St., Forest Ave., Elcano Ave., Ferrocarril General Urquiza
The General Urquiza Railway (FCGU) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril General Urquiza), named after the Argent ...
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Chacarita,
Villa Crespo
Villa Crespo is a middle class neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the geographical center of the city. It had a population of 83,646 people in 2001, and thus currently a population density of 23,235 inhabitants/km2. Villa Crespo c ...
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La Paternal
La Paternal or Paternal ( en, The Paternal) is a ''neighborhood'' or district in the centre of Buenos Aires city, Argentina. It was founded in 1904 by a city decree (''decreto'') and was named 'La Paternal' after the train station in the neighbour ...
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AgronomÃa
AgronomÃa is a ''Barrios of Buenos Aires, barrio'' or district in the centre part of City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It gets its name from the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Agronomy (''Fa ...
and
Parque Chas
Parque is the Galician, Portuguese and Spanish word for "park", and may refer to:
* Parque (TransMilenio), a metro station in Bogotá, Colombia
* Parque (Lisbon Metro), in Portugal
* Parque (Santurce), a subbarrio in San Juan, Puerto Rico
* Jim ...
See also
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Departments of Argentina
Departments ( es, departamentos) form the second level of administrative division (below the provinces), and are subdivided in municipalities. They are extended in all of Argentina except for the Province of Buenos Aires and the Autonomous City o ...
– second-level administrative divisions in other parts of Argentina.
References
External links
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{{Neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires