Partidos of Buenos Aires


A partido is the second-level administrative subdivision only in the. They are formally considered to be a single administrative unit, usually contain one or more population centers, and are divided into localidades. The subdivision in partidos in Buenos Aires Province is distinct from all other provinces of Argentina, which call their second-level subdivisions departamento and are further subdivided into distinct municipalities.

History

By the end of 18th century the town council of Buenos Aires established the first partidos in the countryside: San Isidro del Pago de la Costa in 1779 and San Vicente, Quilmes, Magdalena, La Matanza, Cañada de Morón, Las Conchas and San Pedro in 1784.
At the head of every partido, the cabildo appointed a rural judge called Alcalde de la Santa Hermandad.
The judge, or alcalde, had the mission to maintain the law and order in the surrounding rural area of Buenos Aires, fighting against cattle raiders. The alcalde was helped by a constabulary called Santa Hermandad created in the late 15th century by the Catholic Monarchs and transplanted to the colonies.
In 1821 the Governor Martín Rodríguez and his minister Bernardino Rivadavia dissolved the cabildos and since then was the governor itself who appointed the judges, now called Juez de Paz, his administrative territory was called Partido judicial hence the name of the subdivision.
In 1856 the office of Juez de Paz was replaced by a Presidente de la Municipalidad, or Municipal President. It was appointed by the Governor from a list of three candidates presented by the Municipales, or Councillors, who were elected by the citizens of the different partidos.
Since 1890 the head of the government is called Intendente, or Mayor, and is directly elected by the citizens.
On October 24, 1864 the Legislature of the Province of Buenos Aires sanctioned law № 422, dividing the province into 45 partidos: Arrecifes, Baradero, Barrancas al Sud, Belgrano, Cañuelas, Carmen de Areco, Chacabuco, Chascomús, Chivilcoy, del Pilar, Ensenada, Exaltación de la Cruz, General las Heras, General San Martín, Giles, Junín, Matanza, Las Conchas, Lobos, Lomas de Zamora, Luján, Magdalena, Mercedes, Merlo, Monte, Moreno, Morón, Navarro, Pergamino, Quilmes, Ramallo, Ranchos, Rivadavia, Rojas, Salto, San Antonio, San Fernando, San Isidro, San José de Flores, San Nicolás, San Pedro, San Vicente, Suipacha, Viedma and Zárate.

Government

Every partido is administrated by an executive and a legislative branch, respectively, the mayor and a council, similar to a county council. It is considered a strong mayor-council form of government.
The mayor is elected to four-year terms and can be reelected for a new term. If they have been re-elected, they can not be re-elected in the same position, but with an interval of one period.
The council is a unicameral body, one-half of whose members are elected every two years to serve four-year terms and can be reelected for a new term. If they have been re-elected, they can not be re-elected in the same position, but with an interval of one period.
The number of councillors depends on the population of every partido.
According to decret-law 6769/58 the number of councillors varies as follows:

List of partidos

Buenos Aires Province is divided into 135 partidos.
  1. Adolfo Alsina
  2. Adolfo Gonzales Chaves
  3. Alberti
  4. Almirante Brown
  5. Arrecifes
  6. Avellaneda
  7. Ayacucho
  8. Azul
  9. Bahía Blanca
  10. Balcarce
  11. Baradero
  12. Benito Juárez
  13. Berazategui
  14. Berisso
  15. Bolívar
  16. Bragado
  17. Brandsen
  18. Campana
  19. Cañuelas
  20. Capitán Sarmiento
  21. Carlos Casares
  22. Carlos Tejedor
  23. Carmen de Areco
  24. Castelli
  25. Chacabuco
  26. Chascomús
  27. Chivilcoy
  28. Colón
  29. Coronel Dorrego
  30. Coronel Pringles
  31. Coronel Rosales
  32. Coronel Suárez
  33. Daireaux
  34. Dolores
  35. Ensenada
  36. Escobar
  37. Esteban Echeverría
  38. Exaltación de la Cruz
  39. Ezeiza
  40. Florencio Varela
  41. Florentino Ameghino
  42. General Alvarado
  43. General Alvear
  44. General Arenales
  45. General Belgrano
  46. General Guido
  47. General La Madrid
  48. General Las Heras
  49. General Lavalle
  50. General Madariaga
  51. General Paz
  52. General Pinto
  53. General Pueyrredón
  54. General Rodríguez
  55. General San Martín
  56. General Viamonte
  57. General Villegas
  58. Guaminí
  59. Hipólito Yrigoyen
  60. Hurlingham
  61. Ituzaingó
  62. José C. Paz
  63. Junín
  64. La Costa
  65. La Matanza
  66. La Plata
  67. Lanús
  68. Laprida
  69. Las Flores
  70. Leandro N. Alem
  71. Lezama
  72. Lincoln
  73. Lobería
  74. Lobos
  75. Lomas de Zamora
  76. Luján
  77. Magdalena
  78. Maipú
  79. Malvinas Argentinas
  80. Mar Chiquita
  81. Marcos Paz
  82. Mercedes
  83. Merlo
  84. Monte Hermoso
  85. Moreno
  86. Morón
  87. Navarro
  88. Necochea
  89. Nueve de Julio
  90. Olavarría
  91. Patagones
  92. Pehuajó
  93. Pellegrini
  94. Pergamino
  95. Pila
  96. Pilar
  97. Pinamar
  98. Presidente Perón
  99. Puán
  100. Punta Indio
  101. Quilmes
  102. Ramallo
  103. Rauch
  104. Rivadavia
  105. Rojas
  106. Roque Pérez
  107. Saavedra
  108. Saladillo
  109. Salto
  110. Salliqueló
  111. San Andrés de Giles
  112. San Antonio de Areco
  113. San Cayetano
  114. San Fernando
  115. San Isidro
  116. San Miguel
  117. San Miguel del Monte
  118. San Nicolás
  119. San Pedro
  120. San Vicente
  121. Suipacha
  122. Tandil
  123. Tapalqué
  124. Tigre
  125. Tordillo
  126. Tornquist
  127. Trenque Lauquen
  128. Tres Arroyos
  129. Tres de Febrero
  130. Tres Lomas
  131. Veinticinco de Mayo
  132. Vicente López
  133. Villa Gesell
  134. Villarino
  135. Zárate