Comuna 8 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
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.
...
,
Villa Lugano
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, and
Villa Riachuelo
Villa Riachuelo is a ''barrio'' (district) of Buenos Aires, Argentina
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. It is located in the southwest of the city, has an area of 21.9 km²
and a total population of 187,237 according to the 2010 census
of which 89,545 are men and 97,692 are women, which represent 47.8% and 52.2% of the commune respectively. The 2001 census registered 161,642 inhabitants, which represents an increase of 15.8%, being the commune that grew the second most in the last nine years.
It is the commune with the second highest proportion of foreigners (23.4%), mostly from bordering countries, 2 of which 46.6% is of
Bolivia
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n origin, followed by those of
Paraguay
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an origin (37.9%).
References
{{Neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires
Communes of Buenos Aires