Vicente López Partido
Vicente López is a partido locatit in the north o Greater Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The caipital is Olivos. Accordin tae the 2001 national census, the Partido haes 269.420 residents. Vicente López is locatit 20 km frae the ceety o Buenos Aires an 80 km frae La Plata.
Vicente López Partido de Vicente López | |
|---|---|
 Coat airms | |
 location o Vicente López Partido in Gran Buenos Aires | |
| Coordinates: 34°31′S 58°29′W / 34.517°S 58.483°W | |
| Kintra | Argentinae |
| Established | 21 Dizember 1905 |
| Foondit bi | provincial law 2959 |
| Seat | Olivos |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Jorge Macri, PRO |
| Area | |
| • Total | 34 km2 (13 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 270,929[1] |
| Demonym(s) | vicentelopense |
| Postal Code | B1636 |
| IFAM | |
| Aurie Code | 011 |
| Patron saunt | Jesús en el Huerto de los Olivos |
| Website | http://www.mvl.gov.ar |
Its 33 km²[2] maks Vicente López the smawer partido o Buenos Aires Province.
Toponymy
eeditPartido's name honours Vicente López y Planes, a Argentine writer an politeecian, creator o Argentine Natiional Anthem leerics an Govrenor o Buenos Aires province (efter the faw o Juan Manuel de Rosas) an then Preses o Argentinae succeedin Bernardino Rivadavia.
López y Planes componit El Triunfo Argentino, a ode tae the resistance durin the Inglis invasion o Buenos Aires. At the beginnin it wis thocht tae caw it "Olivos", the name o the maist important destrict o Vicente López.
Location
eeditThe partido is bordered bi the ceety o Buenos Aires tae the sooth, General San Martín Partido tae the wast, San Isidro Partido at the north an Río de la Plata tae the east.
Destricts
eedit
In 1998, the municipality o Vicente López wis namit bi the Unitit Naitions as the best in Laitin Americae an the Caribbean. [1] Archived 2007-01-03 at the Wayback Machine [whit? clarification needit]
Demografie
eeditVicente López is the 8t maist populatit Partido o Greater Buenos Aires. Maist o inhabitants are stryndants o Italian an Spaingie. Thare are stryndants o German, Pols, Ukranian, Armenie an Croatie amangst ither naitionalities.[3]
The partido haes 280.929 inhabitants accordin tae 2010 Census.
References
eedit- ↑ "2010 Census provisional results". Archived frae the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ↑ ""Buenos Aires, la Provincia. Partidos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires"". Archived frae the original on 16 Januar 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ↑ Municipalidad de Vicente López
Freemit airtins
eedit- Municipalidad de Vicente López
- Portal de Vicente López Archived 2009-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
InfoBAN Vicente López Archived 2007-12-31 at the Wayback Machine
