Vicente López Partido

Vicente López is a partido located in the north of Greater Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The capital is Olivos. According to the 2001 national census, the partido has 269,420 residents. Vicente López is located 20 km (12 mi) from the city of Buenos Aires and 80 km (50 mi) from La Plata.

Vicente López

Partido de Vicente López
Department
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Coat of arms
location of Vicente López Partido in Greater Buenos Aires
Coordinates: 34°31′S 58°29′W
CountryArgentina
EstablishedDecember 21, 1905
Founded byprovincial law 2959
SeatOlivos
Government
 • MayorJorge Macri (PRO)
Area
 • Total34 km2 (13 sq mi)
Population
 • Total270,929
 • Density8,000/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)vicentelopense
Postal Code
B1636
IFAM
BUE131
Area Code011
Patron saintJesús en el Huerto de los Olivos
Websitewww.mvl.gov.ar

Its 33 km²[2] makes Vicente López the smallest partido of Buenos Aires Province.

Toponymy

The partido's name honors Vicente López y Planes, an Argentine writer and politician, the writer of the lyrics of the Argentine National Anthem, governor of Buenos Aires province (after the fall of Juan Manuel de Rosas) and then President of Argentina succeeding Bernardino Rivadavia.

López y Planes also composed El Triunfo Argentino, an ode to the resistance during the English invasion of Buenos Aires. At the beginning it was thought to call it "Olivos", the name of the most important district of Vicente López.

Location

The partido is bordered by the city of Buenos Aires to the South, General San Martín Partido to the West, San Isidro Partido at the North and Río de la Plata to the East.

Settlements
Districts of Vicente López

Demography

Vicente López is the 8th most populated Partido of Greater Buenos Aires. Most of the inhabitants are descendants of Italian and Spanish immigrants. There are also descendants of German, Polish, Ukrainian, Armenian and Croatian amongst other nationalities.[3]

The partido has 280,929 inhabitants according to the 2010 Census.

  • Vicente López y Planes, namesake of the partido.
  • Maipú Avenue, the most important of the partido.
  • View of the area from the Río de la Plata.

References
  1. "2010 Census provisional results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  2. ""Buenos Aires, la Provincia. Partidos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires"". Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
  3. Municipalidad de Vicente López
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