General Viamonte Partido is a partido

Departments of Argentina

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 located in the north 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 17,600 inhabitants in an area of 2150 km² (830 sq mi), and its capital city is Los Toldos

Los Toldos

Los Toldos is a small city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, situated in the of General Viamonte Partido, which developed around a station of the same name on the Buenos Aires Western Railway...

, which is located 310 km (193 mi) from Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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The town of Los Toldos is home to an Indigenous

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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 Mapuche

Mapuche

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 colony.

Name

The partido was originally named after a settlement that had built up around a train station on the Buenos Aires Western Railway

Buenos Aires Western Railway

The Buenos Aires Western Railway was one of the Big Four broad gauge British-owned companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina...

 called Los Toldos. In 1910 the name of the partido was changed from Los Toldos to General Viamonte although the town has kept the name Los Toldos.

The partido is now named in honour of General Juan José Viamonte

Juan José Viamonte

Juan José Viamonte González was an Argentine general in the early 19th century.-Biography:Viamonte was born in Buenos Aires and entered the army in his youth following in his father's footsteps...

, a hero of 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...

, governor of Buenos Aires and Argentine head of state for 3 days (April 18, 1815 to April 20, 1815).

There is some debate about the name of the district capital, some sources claim that the capital is also known as General Viamonte, but the population of the district still call it Los Toldos.

Settlements

• Los Toldos
  Los Toldos
  Los Toldos is a small city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, situated in the of General Viamonte Partido, which developed around a station of the same name on the Buenos Aires Western Railway...
  
  
• Baigorrita
• Chancay
  Chancay
  Chancay is a small city in the Lima Region of Peru. Its population is 26,958....
  
  
• La Delfina
• Quirno Costa
• San Emilio
• Zavalía

External links

information about Los Toldos