General San Martín Partido

Department in Argentina

General San Martín

Partido de General San Martín

Department

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location of General San Martín Partido in Gran Buenos Aires

Coordinates: 34°34′S 58°31′W﻿ / ﻿34.567°S 58.517°W﻿ / -34.567; -58.517
Country| Argentina
Established| 18 December 1856
Founded by| provincial decree
Seat| San Martín
Government

• Mayor| Fernando Moreira (FDT)
Area

• Total| 56 km2 (22 sq mi)
Population

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• Total| 422,830
• Density| 7,600/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Demonym| sanmartinense
Postal Code|

B1650

IFAM|

BUE055

Patron saint| San Antonio de Padua
Website| www.sanmartin.gov.ar

General San Martín Partido is a partido in the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, immediately to the north-west of the Capital federal in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

The provincial subdivision has a population of 422,830 inhabitants[1] in an area of 56 km2 (22 sq mi), and its capital city is also named San Martín.

## Name[edit]

The partido (district) and its capital are named in honor of General José de San Martín, who led Argentina against the Spanish Empire in the Argentine War of Independence.

## Sports[edit]

The partido is home to Primera División football team Chacarita Juniors, and to fifth Division football team Club Social y Deportivo Central Ballester.

In rugby union San Martín partido is home to CEC Liceo Militar.

## Districts[edit]

* Barrio Parque General San Martín
* Billinghurst
* Ciudad del Libertador General José de San Martín
* Ciudad Jardín El Libertador
* Loma Hermosa
* José León Suárez
* San Andrés
* Villa Ballester
* Villa Libertad
* Villa Lynch
* Villa Maipú

### Smaller neighbourhoods[edit]

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

## Gallery[edit]

* San Martín Town Square

* Villa Ballester city

* San Andrés Golf Club.

## Notable people[edit]

* José Hernández, (1834-1886) journalist and poet
* Óscar Alfredo Gálvez, (1913-1989) racing driver
* Pedro Opeka, (b. 1948), Catholic missionary
* Zully Moreno, (1920-1999) actress
* Fernando Siro, (1931-2006) actor, film director and screenwriter
* Roberto DeVicenzo, (b. 1923) golfer
* Virginia Gamba, (b.1954) Under Secretary General, United Nations

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "2010 Census provisional results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2011-03-07.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to General San Martín Partido.

* Official website
* (in Spanish) San Martín news

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* Vicente López
* Villa Gesell
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