General San Martín Partido is a partido in the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, immediately to the north-west of the

Capital federal 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 Río de la Plata, on South Am ...

Buenos Aires Province 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 ...

, Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of 422,830 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is also named

San Martín San Martín or San Martin may refer to: People Saints * Saint Martin (disambiguation)#People, name of various saints in Spanish Political leaders *Vicente San Martin (1839 -1901), Military, National hero of Mexico. *Basilio San Martin (1849 ...

Name

The partido (district) and its capital are named in honor of General José de San Martín, who led Argentina against the Spanish Empire in the

Argentine War of Independence The Argentine War of Independence ( es, Guerra de Independencia de Argentina, links=no) was a secessionist civil war fought from 1810 to 1818 by Argentine patriotic forces under Manuel Belgrano, Juan José Castelli and José de San Martín a ...

Sports

The partido is home to

Primera División Primera may refer to * Nissan Primera, a car * Primera Air, a former airline * Primera división (disambiguation), multiple top division football leagues * Primera, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas * Alí Primera, Venezuelan musician, compos ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

team Chacarita Juniors, and to fifth Division

team Club Social y Deportivo Central Ballester. In rugby union San Martín partido is home to

CEC Liceo Militar Círculo de Ex-Cadetes del Liceo Militar General San Martín, or simply Liceo Militar, is an Argentine rugby union and field hockey club sited in the Loma Hermosa district of General San Martín Partido in Greater Buenos Aires. The rugby union team ...

Districts

* Barrio Parque General San Martín *

Billinghurst Billinghurst is a town in General San Martín Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is located in the Greater Buenos Aires urban agglomeration. Toponymy The settlement is named after Mariano Billinghurst (26 November 1810 ...

* Ciudad del Libertador General José de San Martín *

Ciudad Jardín El Libertador Ciudad Jardín El Libertador is a town in General San Martín Partido General San Martín Partido is a partido in the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, immediately to the north-west of the Capital federal in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The ...

* Loma Hermosa * José León Suárez * San Andrés * Villa Ballester * Villa Libertad * Villa Lynch * Villa Maipú

Smaller neighbourhoods

These neighbourhoods have been absorbed into the municipality and are no longer commonly used. * Villa Ayacucho * Villa Bernardo Monteagudo *

Villa Chacabuco A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became sm ...

* Villa Coronel José M. Zapiola * Villa General Antonio J. de Sucre *

Villa General Eugenio Necochea A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became sm ...

Villa General José Tomás Guido A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became sm ...

* Villa General Juan G. Las Heras * Villa Godoy Cruz * Villa Granaderos de San Martín * Villa Gregoria Matorras *

Villa Juan Martín de Pueyrredón A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became ...

* Villa María Irene de los Remedios de Escalada * Villa Marqués Alejandro María de Aguado * Villa Parque Presidente Figueroa Alcorta *

Villa Parque San Lorenzo A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became ...

* Villa Yapeyú

Gallery

File:Plazaymunicipalidad.JPG, San Martín Town Square File:Vista Ballester.jpg, Villa Ballester city File:Golfclubsanandres.jpg, San Andrés Golf Club.

Notable people

José Hernández José Hernández may refer to: Arts and entertainment * José Hernández (writer) (1834–1886), Argentine writer * Pepe Hern (José Hernández Bethencourth, 1927–2009), American actor * José Hernández, American singer (born 1940), better known ...

, (1834-1886) journalist and poet *

Óscar Alfredo Gálvez Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name of Irish origin. Etymology The name is derived from two elements in Irish: the first, ''os'', means "deer"; the second element, ''car'', means "loving" or "friend", thus "deer-loving one" or "friend of deer" ...

, (1913-1989) racing driver * Pedro Opeka, (b. 1948), Catholic missionary * Zully Moreno, (1920-1999) actress *

Fernando Siro Fernando Siro (October 5, 1931 – September 4, 2006) was an Argentine film actor, film director and screenwriter. Life and work Born Francisco Ángel Luksich in Villa Ballester, he developed an early interest in acting and in 1950 was given ...

, (1931-2006) actor, film director and screenwriter *

Roberto DeVicenzo Roberto De Vicenzo (14 April 1923 – 1 June 2017) was a professional golfer from Argentina. He won a record 229 professional tournaments worldwide during his career, including seven on the PGA Tour and most famously the 1967 Open Championship. H ...

, (b. 1923) golfer *

Virginia Gamba Sister Maria Celeste (born Virginia Galilei; 16 August 1600 – 2 April 1634) was an Italian nun. She was the daughter of the scientist Galileo Galilei and Marina Gamba. Biography Virginia was the eldest of three siblings, wit ...

, (b.1954) Under Secretary General, United Nations

References

External links

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