General San Martín 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 Gran Buenos Aires urban area, immediately to the north-west of Capital Federal in 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

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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 422,830 inhabitants in an area of 56 km² (22 sq mi), and its capital city is also named San Martín

San Martín, Buenos Aires

Ciudad del Libertador General Don José de San Martín, more commonly known as San Martín is the head city of the General San Martín Partido in the Gran Buenos Aires metropolitan area.-Geography:...

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Name

The partido (district) and its capital are named in honor of General José de San Martín

José de San Martín

José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

 (1778-1850), who led Argentina against the Spanish Empire

Spanish Empire

The Spanish Empire comprised territories and colonies administered directly by Spain in Europe, in America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. It originated during the Age of Exploration and was therefore one of the first global empires. At the time of Habsburgs, Spain reached the peak of its world power....

 in the Argentine War of Independence

Argentine War of Independence

The Argentine War of Independence was fought from 1810 to 1818 by Argentine patriotic forces under Manuel Belgrano, Juan José Castelli and José de San Martín against royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown...

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Sports

The partido is home to Primera División

Primera División Argentina

The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 team Chacarita Juniors

Chacarita Juniors

Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors is an Argentine sports club from Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido in Greater Buenos Aires, which football squad is currently playing in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.The club was founded on May 1, 1906, in...

, and to fifth Division

Primera D Metropolitana

The Primera D is one of two leagues that form the regionalised fifth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level five is the Torneo Argentino C....

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 team Club Social y Deportivo Central Ballester

Club Social y Deportivo Central Ballester

Central Ballester is an Argentine football club, based in General San Martín Partido of the Buenos Aires Province. The team currently plays in the regionalised 5th level of Argentinian football Primera D Metropolitana.-History:...

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In rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 San Martín partido is home to CEC Liceo Militar

CEC Liceo Militar

Círculo de Ex-Cadetes del Liceo Militar General San Martín, or simply Liceo Militar, is a sports club from General San Martín Partido, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina.The club has representative teams in rugby union and field hockey.-History:...

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Districts

• Barrio Parque General San Martín
• Billinghurst
  Billinghurst
  Billinghurst is a town in General San Martín Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is located in the Greater Buenos Aires urban agglomeration.- Toponomy :...
  
  
• Ciudad del Libertador General José de San Martín
  San Martín, Buenos Aires
  Ciudad del Libertador General Don José de San Martín, more commonly known as San Martín is the head city of the General San Martín Partido in the Gran Buenos Aires metropolitan area.-Geography:...
  
  
• Ciudad Jardín El Libertador
  Ciudad Jardín El Libertador
  Ciudad Jardín El Libertador is a town in General San Martín Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is located in the Greater Buenos Aires urban agglomeration.-Population:...
  
  
• Loma Hermosa
  Loma Hermosa
  Loma Hermosa is a town in Tres de Febrero Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is located in the Greater Buenos Aires urban agglomeration. Part of the town falls in the General San Martín Partido.-Sport:...
  
  
• José León Suárez
• San Andrés
• Villa Ballester
  Villa Ballester
  Villa Ballester is a city located in the northern Greater Buenos Aires urban area and it is part of the General San Martín Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is served by the Línea Mitre commuter railway with its station also named Villa Ballester...
  
  
• Villa Libertad
• Villa Lynch
• Villa Maipú
  Villa Maipú
  Villa Maipú is a district of the General San Martín Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban area.The district is home to Chacarita Juniors, a football club that won the 1969 Metropolitano....
  
  

Smaller neighbourhoods

These neighbourhoods have been absorbed into the municipality and are no longer commonly used.

• Villa Ayacucho
• Villa Bernardo Monteagudo
• Villa Chacabuco
• Villa Coronel José M. Zapiola
• Villa General Antonio J. de Sucre
• Villa General Eugenio Necochea
• Villa General José Tomás Guido
• Villa General Juan G. Las Heras
• Villa Godoy Cruz
• Villa Granaderos de San Martín
• Villa Gregoria Matorras
• Villa Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
• Villa María Irene de los Remedios de Escalada
• Villa Marqués Alejandro María de Aguado
• Villa Parque Presidente Figueroa Alcorta
• Villa Parque San Lorenzo
• Villa Yapeyú

Famous people

• José Hernández, (1834-1886) journalist and poet
• Óscar Alfredo Gálvez
  Oscar Alfredo Gálvez
  Oscar Alfredo Gálvez was a racing driver from Argentina. He participated in 1 Formula One Grand Prix, debuting on January 18, 1953...
  
  , (1913-1989) racing driver
• Zully Moreno
  Zully Moreno
  Zully Moreno born Zulema Esther González Borbón was a classic Argentine actress and sex symbol of the 1940s and 1950s.She was married to director Luis César Amadori.-Filmography:...
  
  , (1920-1999) actress
• Fernando Siro
  Fernando Siro
  Fernando Siro was an Argentine film actor, film director and screenwriter.-Life and work:Born Francisco Ángel Luksich in Villa Ballester, he developed an early interest in acting and in 1950 was given his first Argentine cinema role in El otro yo de Marcela, directed by Alberto de Zavalía...
  
  , (1931-2006) actor, film director and screenwriter
• Roberto DeVicenzo
  Roberto DeVicenzo
  Roberto De Vicenzo is a former professional golfer from Argentina. He won more than 230 tournaments worldwide in his career including eight on the PGA Tour and most famously the 1967 Open Championship.-Biography:...
  
  , (b. 1923) golfer

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