General Arenales 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...

 on the northern border 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 15,000 inhabitants in an area of 1522 km² (588 sq mi), and its capital city is General Arenales

General Arenales, Buenos Aires

General Arenales is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the General Arenales Partido....

, which is located 320 km (199 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 General Arenales Partido is dominated by agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

, the main products are arable

Agronomy

Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, feed, fiber, and reclamation. Agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science. Agronomy is the application of a combination of sciences like biology,...

 crops, beef, pork, honey and dairy products.

There are also small scale metal and textile industries as well as numerous small businesses.

Settlements

• General Arenales
  General Arenales, Buenos Aires
  General Arenales is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the General Arenales Partido....
  
  
• Arribeños
• Ascensión
• Delgado
• Ferré
• Ham
• La Angelita
• La Pinta
• La Trinidad

External links

General Arenales Web Site Arenales Partido Travel Net site