Almirante Brown is a partido

Departments of Argentina

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 of the Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

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, Argentina

Argentina

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, located at the south of the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, at coordinates 34°47′S 58°24′W.

It has an area of 129.33 km² (49.9 sq mi) and 555,731 inhabitants , and its capital is Adrogué

Adrogué

Adrogué is a city in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, located 23 km south of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of the Almirante Brown Partido ....

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Name

The partido is named after Irish

Ireland

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 born General William Brown

William Brown (admiral)

Admiral William Brown was an Irish-born Argentine Admiral. Brown's victories in the Independence War, the Argentina-Brazil War, and the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata earned the respect and appreciation of the Argentine people, and today he is regarded as one of Argentina's national...

 who led the Argentine navy in the Argentine War of Independence

Argentine War of Independence

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 and helped Argentina gain her independence from the Spanish Empire

Spanish Empire

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Cities

• Adrogué
  Adrogué
  Adrogué is a city in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, located 23 km south of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of the Almirante Brown Partido ....
  
  
• Burzaco
  Burzaco
  Burzaco is a city in Almirante Brown Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Its municipal area of 22.77 km² holds a population of 86,113 . Its located 27 kilometres from Buenos Aires city, and connected to it by the Ferrocarril General Roca South...
  
  
• Claypole
  Claypole, Buenos Aires
  Claypole is a city in southern Almirante Brown Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina with a population of 41,176 .-History:The lands were purchased by the Franciscan Congregation to establish a farm and provide produce to their convent in Buenos Aires...
  
  
• Don Orione
• Rafael Calzada
  Rafael Calzada, Buenos Aires
  Rafael Calzada is an Argentine city within the Almirante Brown Partido, which is located in the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, Argentina. It has an area of 5.14 km² and a population of 56,419 . The city is linked with Buenos Aires by a train station having the same name; both electric and diesel...
  
  
• Glew
  Glew, Buenos Aires
  Glew is a city in southern Almirante Brown Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Its municipal area of holds a population of 57,878 . Its located from Buenos Aires city, and connected to it by the Ferrocarril General Roca....
  
  
• Longchamps
  Longchamps, Buenos Aires
  Longchamps is a city in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, located about 30 km south of Buenos Aires, in the Almirante Brown Partido ....
  
  
• Malvinas Argentinas
• José Marmol
• Ministro Rivadavia
• San José
• Solano

External links

Municipalidad de Almirante Brown official site Ministry of the Interior statistics Todo Adrogué Almirante Brown Police Department