Brandsen Partido
Encyclopedia
Brandsen is a north-eastern partido
of the Buenos Aires Province
, Argentina
. As of 2001 the city and district had a population
of 22,500 people. It covers an area of 1.126 km². The capital is also known as Brandsen
.
. The area was named after Argentine
colonel
, Federico de Brandsen
, who was killed in the battle of Ituzaingó
in the Argentina-Brazil War
.
Departments of Argentina
Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act...
of the Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. As of 2001 the city and district had a population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of 22,500 people. It covers an area of 1.126 km². The capital is also known as Brandsen
Brandsen
Brandsen is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Brandsen Partido.-History:The city built up around a railway station named Coronel Brandsen which was named after Colonel Federico de Brandsen, who fought in the liberation of Chile and Peru and died heroicly at the...
.
History
Founded on November 21st 1875 it lies about 70 kilometres from Buenos AiresBuenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. The area was named after Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
, Federico de Brandsen
Federico de Brandsen
Carlos Luis Federico de Brandsen was a Coronel of French origin who fought in many of the South American wars of independence and for Argentina in the War with Brazil.-Napoleonic Wars:...
, who was killed in the battle of Ituzaingó
Battle of Ituzaingó
The Battle of Ituzaingó was fought in vicinity of Santa Maria river, in a valley of small hills where a stream divided the valley in two....
in the Argentina-Brazil War
Argentina-Brazil War
The Cisplatine War or the Argentine–Brazilian War was an armed conflict over an area known as Banda Oriental or "Eastern Shore" in the 1820s between the United Provinces of River Plate and the Empire of Brazil in the aftermath of the United Provinces' emancipation from Spain.-Background:Led by...
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Settlements
- BrandsenBrandsenBrandsen is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Brandsen Partido.-History:The city built up around a railway station named Coronel Brandsen which was named after Colonel Federico de Brandsen, who fought in the liberation of Chile and Peru and died heroicly at the...
- AltamiranoAltamirano, Buenos Aires-Rail disaster:On February 1, 1964 it was the site of a head-on train collision in which 70 people were killed. - Population :According to the last census the population count was 258 which represents a loss of 3.7% over 268 the previous census....
- Doyhenard
- El Chaja
- Gobernador Obligado
- GómezGómez, Buenos AiresGómez is a town in Brandsen Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is located in km marker 38 of National Route 215.- Population :According to the last census the population count was 335 which represents a growth of 58.7% over 211 the previous census.- Gómez or Estación Gómez:This town...
- JeppenerJeppener, Buenos Aires- Population :According to the last census the population count was 2,142 which represents an increase of 26.7% over 1,691 the previous census.- External links :*...
- Las Golondrinas
- Los Bosquecitos
- OlidenOliden, Buenos AiresOliden is a small rural community in Brandsen Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.- External links :*...
- SamborombónSamborombónSamborombón is a small rural community in Brandsen Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, located at Kilometer 90 of Route 2.- Are there two Samborombón? :...