Chacabuco Partido is a partido

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...

 in the northern part of 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...

 in Argentina

Argentina

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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 45,000 inhabitants in an area of 2278 km² (880 sq mi), and its capital city is Chacabuco

Chacabuco, Buenos Aires

Chacabuco is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Chacabuco Partido and has a population of 34,958 inhabitants...

, which is located 200 km (124 mi) from Buenos Aires

Buenos 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...

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Economy

The economy of Chacabuco is dominated by agriculture. The mainstays of agricultural production in the district are soya beans, wheat

Wheat

Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...

 and maize

Maize

Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...

. There are also a lot of cattle farms in the area, as well as secondary agricultural industries such as windmill and silo maintenance, building and carpentry.

The region is also home to a chemical plant.

Settlements

• Chacabuco
  Chacabuco, Buenos Aires
  Chacabuco is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Chacabuco Partido and has a population of 34,958 inhabitants...
  
  34,958 inhabitants
• Castilla 1,316 inhabitants
• Coliqueo y Membrillar
• Cucha Cucha
• Gregorio Villafañe
• Ingeniero Silveyra
• O'Higgins 1,347 inhabitants
• Los Ángeles 124 inhabitants
• Rawson 1,732 inhabitants
• San Patricio

External links

• El Urbano de Chacabuco