Vicente López Partido

Partido in Argentina
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location of Vicente López Partido in Greater Buenos Aires
location of Vicente López Partido in Greater Buenos Aires
Coordinates: 34°31′S 58°29′W / 34.517°S 58.483°W / -34.517; -58.483CountryArgentinaEstablishedDecember 21, 1905Founded byprovincial law 2959SeatOlivosGovernment
 • MayorSoledad Martínez (PRO)Area
 • Total34 km2 (13 sq mi)Population • Total269,420 • Density7,900/km2 (21,000/sq mi)DemonymvicentelopensePostal Code
B1602, B1603, B1605, B1606, B1636, B1637, B1638, B1652
IFAM
BUE131
Area Code011Patron saintJesús en el Huerto de los OlivosWebsitewww.vicentelopez.gov.ar

Vicente López is a partido in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is one of the country´s most affluent municipalities.

Vicente López is located 20 kilometers north of downtown Buenos Aires and 80 kilometers north of the city of La Plata, the provincial capital. The partido incorporates several smaller neighborhoods, including Olivos, Florida and La Lucila with a total estimated population of 269,420. Its 33 km²[2] makes Vicente López the smallest partido in the Buenos Aires Province and the second smallest municipality in Argentina.

Vicente López is renowned for its expansive residential neighborhoods, the Argentine presidential residence, and its coastal park along the Río de la Plata. In October 2023, Vicente López was named a UNESCO City of Film and joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.[3]

Toponymy

The partido's name honors Vicente López y Planes, an Argentine writer and politician, author of the lyrics of the Argentine National Anthem, governor of Buenos Aires province (after the fall of Juan Manuel de Rosas) and then President of Argentina succeeding Bernardino Rivadavia.

López y Planes also composed El Triunfo Argentino, an ode to the resistance during the English invasion of Buenos Aires. At the beginning it was going to be called "Olivos", currently the name of the most important district of Vicente López.

Location

The partido is bordered by the city of Buenos Aires to the South, General San Martín Partido to the West, San Isidro Partido at the North and Río de la Plata to the East.

Districts

Districts of Vicente López

Demography

Vicente López is the 8th most populated partido of Greater Buenos Aires. Most of the inhabitants are descendants of Italian and Spanish immigrants. There are also descendants of German, Polish, Ukrainian, Armenian and Croatian amongst other nationalities.[4]

The partido has 280,929 inhabitants according to the 2010 Census.

Gallery

Notable residents

  • Josef Mengele, a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and physician during World War II

References

  1. ^ "2010 Census definitive results". Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  2. ^ ""Buenos Aires, la Provincia. Partidos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires"". Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
  3. ^ "55 new cities join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network on World Cities Day". Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  4. ^ "Municipalidad de Vicente López". Archived from the original on 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2006-07-07.

External links

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  • Municipalidad de Vicente López at Google Cultural Institute
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