General Rodríguez Partido

Department in Argentina

General Rodríguez

Partido de General Rodríguez

Department

location of General Rodriguez Partido in Gran Buenos Aires

Coordinates: 34°37′S 58°57′W﻿ / ﻿34.617°S 58.950°W﻿ / -34.617; -58.950
Country| Argentina
Established| 25 October 1878
Named for| Martín Rodríguez
Seat| General Rodríguez
Government

• Mayor| Juan Pablo Anghileri
Area

• Total| 360 km2 (140 sq mi)
Population

• Total| 87,491
• Density| 240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Demonym| rodriguense
Postal Code|

B1748

IFAM|

BUE054

Area Code| 0237
Patron saint| Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Website| generalrodriguez.gob.ar
Location in the Buenos Aires urban area

General Rodríguez is a western partido of Buenos Aires Province, in Argentina. It is a district on the far western outskirts of Greater Buenos Aires.

## Name

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The partido and its capital are named after Martín Rodríguez, a hero of the defense of Buenos Aires from the British invasion of 1806, a veteran of the Argentine War of Independence, and a former governor of Buenos Aires.

## Geographic Location

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General Rodríguez is in the northeast portion of Buenos Aires Province, and it is 52 kilometres (32 mi) from Buenos Aires City. It is also bounded by Pilar, Moreno, Marcos Paz, Merlo and Luján cities. The physical geography of the place corresponds to the Urbanised Pampeana Prairie of Buenos Aires.

## Population

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According to the preliminary estimates of the total population for General Rodríguez of the census of 2010, the population is 87,491 inhabitants.

• Population in 1991: 48,383 inhabitants (INDEC, 1991) • Population in 2001: 67,931 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001)

## Sports in the city

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General Rodríguez is home to several polo clubs of Argentina.

## External links

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Partidos of Buenos Aires Province

* Adolfo Alsina
* Adolfo Gonzáles Chaves
* Alberti
* Almirante Brown
* Arrecifes
* Avellaneda
* Ayacucho
* Azul
* Bahía Blanca
* Balcarce
* Baradero
* Benito Juarez
* Berazategui
* Berisso
* Bolívar
* Bragado
* Brandsen
* Campana
* Cañuelas
* Capitán Sarmiento
* Carlos Casares
* Carlos Tejedor
* Carmen de Areco
* Castelli
* Chacabuco
* Chascomús
* Chivilcoy
* Colón
* Coronel Dorrego
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* Coronel Suárez
* Daireaux
* Dolores
* Ensenada
* Escobar
* Esteban Echeverría
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* Ezeiza
* Florencio Varela
* Florentino Ameghino
* General Alvarado
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* General Arenales
* General Belgrano
* General Guido
* General La Madrid
* General Las Heras
* General Lavalle
* General Madariaga
* General Paz
* General Pinto
* General Pueyrredón
* General Rodríguez
* General San Martín
* General Viamonte
* General Villegas
* Guaminí
* Hipólito Yrigoyen
* Hurlingham
* Ituzaingó
* José C. Paz
* Junín
* La Costa
* La Matanza
* La Plata
* Lanús
* Laprida
* Las Flores
* Leandro N. Alem
* Lezama
* Lincoln
* Lobería
* Lobos
* Lomas de Zamora
* Luján
* Magdalena
* Maipú
* Malvinas Argentinas
* Mar Chiquita
* Marcos Paz
* Mercedes
* Merlo
* Monte
* Monte Hermoso
* Moreno
* Morón
* Navarro
* Necochea
* Nueve de Julio
* Olavarría
* Patagones
* Pehuajó
* Pellegrini
* Pergamino
* Pila
* Pilar
* Pinamar
* Presidente Perón
* Puán
* Punta Indio
* Quilmes
* Ramallo
* Rauch
* Rivadavia
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* Saavedra
* Saladillo
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* Salto
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