Vicente López Partido

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Not to be confused with Vicente López, Buenos Aires.
Vicente López
Partido
Partido de Vicente López
From top to bottom: Vicente López city hall and River Plate riverside.
Flag of Vicente López
Flag
Coat of arms of Vicente López
Coat of arms
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; -58.483
CountryArgentina
EstablishedDecember 21, 1905
Founded byprovincial law 2959
SeatOlivos
Government
 • MayorJorge Macri (PRO)
Area
 • Total34 km2 (13 sq mi)
Population
[1]
 • Total270,929
 • Density8,000/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)vicentelopense
Postal Code
B1636
IFAM
BUE131
Area Code011
Patron saintJesús en el Huerto de los Olivos
Websitewww.mvl.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.

Vicente López is known for its large residential areas, for being the seat of the Argentina presidential residence, and for its coastal park along the River Plate.

It has an estimated population of 269,420. Its 33km²[2] makes Vicente López the smallest partido in the Buenos Aires Province and the second smallest municipality in Argentina.

Toponymy[]

The partido's name honors Vicente López y Planes, an Argentine writer and politician, the writer 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 thought to call it "Olivos", 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.

Neighborhoods[]

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.[3]

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

Gallery[]

  • Maipú Avenue.

  • Santa Teresita catholic church in Florida.

  • View of the area from the Río de la Plata.

References[]

  1. ^ "2010 Census provisional results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  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. ^ Municipalidad de Vicente López

External links[]

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