General San MartÃn Partido is a
partido in the
Gran Buenos Aires urban area, immediately to the north-west of the
Capital federal
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in
Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires, officially the Buenos Aires Province, is the largest and most populous Provinces of Argentina, Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of the province an ...
,
Argentina
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.
The provincial subdivision has a population of 422,830 inhabitants
in an area of , and its capital city is also named
San MartÃn.
Name
The partido (district) and its capital are named in honor of General
José de San MartÃn
José Francisco de San MartÃn y Matorras (; 25 February 177817 August 1850), nicknamed "the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru", was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and central parts of South America's succe ...
, who led Argentina against the
Spanish Empire
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in the
Argentine War of Independence
The Argentine War of Independence () was a secessionist civil war (until 1816) fought from 1810 to 1818 by Argentine patriotic forces under Manuel Belgrano, Juan José Castelli, MartÃn Miguel de Güemes, Martin Miguel de Guemes and José de ...
.
Sports
The partido is home to
Primera División football
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team
Chacarita Juniors
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, and to
fifth Division football
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team
Club Social y Deportivo Central Ballester.
In
rugby union
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San MartÃn partido is home to
CEC Liceo Militar.
Districts
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Barrio Parque General San MartÃn
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Billinghurst
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Ciudad del Libertador General José de San MartÃn
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Ciudad JardÃn El Libertador
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Loma Hermosa
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José León Suárez
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San Andrés
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Villa Ballester
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Villa Libertad
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Villa Lynch
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Villa Maipú
Smaller neighbourhoods
These neighbourhoods have been absorbed into the municipality and are no longer commonly used.
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Villa Ayacucho
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Villa Bernardo Monteagudo
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Villa Chacabuco
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Villa Coronel José M. Zapiola
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Villa General Antonio J. de Sucre
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Villa General Eugenio Necochea
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Villa General José Tomás Guido
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Villa General Juan G. Las Heras
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Villa Godoy Cruz
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Villa Granaderos de San MartÃn
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Villa Gregoria Matorras
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Villa Juan MartÃn de Pueyrredón
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Villa MarÃa Irene de los Remedios de Escalada
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Villa Marqués Alejandro MarÃa de Aguado
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Villa Parque Presidente Figueroa Alcorta
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Villa Parque San Lorenzo
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Villa Yapeyú
Gallery
File:Plazaymunicipalidad.JPG, San MartÃn Town Square
File:Vista Ballester.jpg, Villa Ballester city
File:Golfclubsanandres.jpg, San Andrés Golf Club.
Notable people
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José Hernández, (1834–1886) journalist and poet
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Óscar Alfredo Gálvez, (1913–1989) racing driver
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Pedro Opeka, (b. 1948), Catholic missionary
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Zully Moreno
Zulema Esther González Borbón, better known as Zully Moreno (October 17, 1920 in Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires – December 25, 1999 in Buenos Aires), was an Argentine film actress, an iconic star during the Golden Age of Argentine cinem ...
, (1920–1999) actress
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Fernando Siro, (1931–2006) actor, film director and screenwriter
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Roberto DeVicenzo, (1923–2017) golfer
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Virginia Gamba, (b.1954) Under Secretary General, United Nations
References
External links
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San MartÃn news
1852 establishments in Argentina
Partidos of Buenos Aires Province
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