General Alvear Partido
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General Alvear 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 centre 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
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...

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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 15,000 inhabitants in an area of 3427 km² (1,323 sq mi), and its capital city is General Alvear
General Alvear, Buenos Aires
General Alvear is a city in General Alvear Partido in Buenos Aires Province.The settlement was founded in 1853 as Fortín Esperanza, later Pueblo Esperanza and on July 19, 1869 it was renamed after General Carlos María de Alvear who fought for the liberation of Argentina during the War of...

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The Partido and capital are named after the 19th Century Argentinian
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...

 soldier and statesman Carlos María de Alvear
Carlos María de Alvear
Carlos María de Alvear was an Argentine soldier and statesman, Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata in 1815....

 (October 25, 1789 November 3, 1852).

Towns

  • General Alvear
    General Alvear, Buenos Aires
    General Alvear is a city in General Alvear Partido in Buenos Aires Province.The settlement was founded in 1853 as Fortín Esperanza, later Pueblo Esperanza and on July 19, 1869 it was renamed after General Carlos María de Alvear who fought for the liberation of Argentina during the War of...

    (capital)
  • El Chumbeao
  • El Parche
  • El Tabaré
  • Emma
  • Los Gatos
  • Jose Maria Micheo
  • Santa Isabel
  • Lafuente

External links

General Alvear Website
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