Comuna 4 is one of the 15
communes
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in which the Autonomous City of
Buenos Aires
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is divided. It is made up of the neighborhoods of
Barracas,
La Boca
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Geography
L ...
,
Nueva Pompeya
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and
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 ...
. It is located in the southeast of the city, has an area of 21.6 km
2 and a total population of 218,245 according to the 2010 census
of which 103,166 are men and 115,079 are women, which represent 47.3% and 52.7% of the commune respectively. The 2001 census registered 215,539 inhabitants, which represents an increase of 1.3%.
References
{{Neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires
Communes of Buenos Aires