Avellaneda Partido
Avellaneda Partido de Avellaneda | |
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Department | |
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Location of Avellaneda in Gran Buenos Aires | |
Coordinates: 34°40′S 58°21′W / 34.667°S 58.350°W / -34.667; -58.350 | |
Country | Argentina |
Province | Buenos Aires |
Established | April 7, 1852 |
Founded by | provincial law |
Seat | Avellaneda |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jorge Ferraresi (PJ/FDT) |
Area | |
• Total | 55.17 km2 (21.30 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 340,985 |
• Density | 6,200/km2 (16,000/sq mi) |
Demonym | avellanedense |
Postal Code | B1870 |
IFAM | BUE005 |
Area Code | 011 |
Website | mda.gob.ar/avellaneda/ |
Avellaneda is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It has an area of 55.17 km2 (21.3 sq mi) and a population of 663,953 in 2001. Its administrative seat is the city of Avellaneda.
The partido is located in the Greater Buenos Aires urban area, separated from the city of Buenos Aires by the Matanza River, popularly known as Riachuelo. The Bartolomé Mitre is the main avenue of the district, connecting with the main federal city through two bridges, the Pueyrredón Bridge to Barracas and the New Pueyrredón Bridge, directly to the 9 de Julio Avenue. The Nicolás Avellaneda Bridge also connects the Isla Maciel (in Dock Sud) with La Boca neighbourhood.
Name
The Partido was known as Barracas al Sud (Southern Barracks), until it was renamed in honor of Nicolás Avellaneda in 1904.
Settlements
The Avellaneda Partido is subdivided into four cities and four localities (localidades), listed here with their populations (as of 2001):
Avellaneda | 328,980 |
Crucecita | 22,000 |
Dock Sud | 35,897 |
Gerli | 64,640 |
Piñeiro | 26,979 |
Sarandí | 60,752 |
Villa Domínico | 58,824 |
Wilde | 65,881 |
Between Dock Sud, Sarandí, Villa Domínico and Wilde there is an area called Reserva Cinturón Ecológico, ("Environmental Belt Rerserve Area") which is a part of a network of waste dumps, which after reaching capacity are planted with greenery.
Sport
Avellaneda is home to two of the most famous football clubs in Argentina: Independiente and Racing.
The partido is also home to several other football teams including Arsenal de Sarandí of the Primera Division Argentina, and lower league teams San Telmo, Dock Sud and Victoriano Arenas.
Notes and references
- ^ "2010 Census provisional results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
External links
- Official website
- Ministry of the Interior statistics
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administrative
divisions
Province partidos
- Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
- Adrogué
- Avellaneda
- Banfield
- Béccar
- Bella Vista
- Berazategui
- Bernal
- Boulogne Sur Mer
- Burzaco
- Caseros
- Castelar
- Ciudadela
- Ciudad Evita
- Ciudad Jardín
- Ciudad Madero
- Claypole
- Dock Sud
- Don Torcuato
- El Palomar
- Ezeiza
- Florencio Varela
- Florida Este
- Florida Oeste
- Haedo
- General Pacheco
- Gerli
- Glew
- González Catán
- Gregorio de Laferrère
- Grand Bourg
- Guernica
- Hurlingham
- Isidro Casanova
- Ituzaingó
- José C. Paz
- José Mármol
- Lanús
- La Tablada
- Llavallol
- Libertad
- Lomas del Mirador
- Lomas de Zamora
- Longchamps
- Los Polvorines
- Mariano Acosta
- Martínez
- Merlo
- Monte Chingolo
- Monte Grande
- Moreno
- Morón
- Munro
- Muñiz
- Olivos
- Pablo Nogués
- Parque San Martín
- Paso del Rey
- Pontevedra
- Quilmes
- Rafael Calzada
- Rafael Castillo
- Ramos Mejía
- Remedios de Escalada
- San Antonio de Padua
- San Fernando
- San Francisco Solano
- San Isidro
- San José
- San Justo
- San Martín
- San Miguel
- Sarandí
- Temperley
- Tigre
- Tortuguitas
- Tristán Suárez
- Valentín Alsina
- Vicente López
- Victoria
- Villa Adelina
- Villa Ballester
- Villa Bosch
- Villa Centenario
- Villa Domínico
- Villa Fiorito
- Villa La Florida
- Villa Maipú
- Villa Martelli
- Villa de Mayo
- Villa Tesei
- Villa Udaondo
- Virreyes
- Wilde
- William C. Morris
(towns and others)
- Acassuso
- Aldo Bonzi
- Billinghurst
- Campo de Mayo
- Carapachay
- Churruca
- Dique Luján
- Dock Sud
- Don Bosco
- El Libertador
- José Ingenieros
- La Lucila
- Loma Hermosa
- Lomas del Palomar
- Martín Coronado
- Once de Septiembre
- Pablo Podestá
- Ranelagh
- Remedios de Escalada, Tres de Febrero
- Sáenz Peña
- Santos Lugares
- Tapiales
- Villa Raffo
- Villa Sarmiento