Marcos Paz is a
''partido'' in the
Argentine province of
Buenos Aires
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. Its capital city is
Marcos Paz.
Established on 25 October 1878 (provincial law 1244), Marcos Paz is at the eastern border of
Greater Buenos Aires
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with the rest of the province, although in an administrative sense, it is not considered part of the
metropolitan area
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.
According to the 2001
INDEC
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National Census, the ''partido'' has 43,400 inhabitants, and a population density of . Marcos Paz's mayor is Ricardo Pedro Curuchet, of the local ''Partido Vecinalista''.
Name
The town of
Marcos Paz, which gives its name to the partido, gradually built up around a train station, ''Estación Coronel Doctor Marcos Paz''. The station was named after
Coronel Doctor Marcos Paz, an Argentine politician and vice president to
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre (26 June 1821 – 19 January 1906) was an Argentine statesman, soldier and author. He was President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868 and the first president of Argentine Civil Wars#National unification, unified Argentina.
Mitre i ...
in 1862.
Mayor
Ricardo Curutchet: Affiliated with the UCR, was mayor of Marcos Paz in 2003 with an alliance of parties called "Coalition for Marcos Paz". Government since then in coalition with other forces such as the UCR, the Frente Grande, Peronist sectors, the kichnerismo, Encuentro Popular, independent sectors and progressive neighborhood. Was reelected in 2007 and 2011, reinforcing the Coalition for Marcos paz as a political base of your project.
External links
Marcos Paz at the Ministry of Interior's websiteNoticias de Marcos Paz
1878 establishments in Argentina
Partidos of Buenos Aires Province
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