General San Martín Partido

Infobox Partido Argentina
name= General San Martín
official name= Partido de General San Martín
coat of arms= Escudo-Gral-San-Martin-BsAs.jpg


location= location of General San Martín Partido in Gran Buenos Aires
capital= San Martín
foundation= December 18 1856
founder= provincial decree
pop= 403,107
density= 7,198.34 Inhabitants/km²
pop change= -0.91% (1991-2001)
resident= "sanmartinense"
tel=
post= B1650
coor= coord|34|34|S|58|31|W
area= convert|56|km2|sqmi|0|lk=on|abbr=on
dist1= convert|18|km|mi|0|lk=on|abbr=on
dist2=
patron= San Antonio de Padua
mayor= Ricardo Ivoskus, ARI
web= http://www.sanmartin.gov.ar
ifam= BUE055

General San Martín Partido is a partido in the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, immediately to the north-west of Capital Federal in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 400,000 inhabitants in an area of convert|56|km2|sqmi|0|lk=on|abbr=on, and its capital city is also named San Martín.

Name

The partido (district) and its capital are named in honor of General José de San Martín (1778-1850), who led Argentina against the Spanish Empire in the Argentine War of Independence.

ports

The partido is home to Second Division football team Chacarita Juniors.

Districts

* Barrio Parque General San Martín
* Billinghurst
* Ciudad del Libertador General José de San Martín
* Ciudad Jardín El Libertador
* Villa Ayacucho
* Villa Ballester
* Villa Bernardo Monteagudo
* Villa Chacabuco
* Villa Coronel José M. Zapiola
* Villa General Antonio J. de Sucre
* Villa General Eugenio Necochea
* Villa General José Tomás Guido
* Villa General Juan G. Las Heras
* Villa Godoy Cruz
* Villa Granaderos de San Martín
* Villa Gregoria Matorras
* Villa José León Suárez
* Villa Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
* Villa Libertad
* Villa Lynch
* Villa Maipú
* Villa María Irene de los Remedios de Escalada
* Villa Marqués Alejandro María de Aguado
* Villa Parque Presidente Figueroa Alcorta
* Villa Parque San Lorenzo
* Villa San Andrés
* Villa Yapeyú

Famous people

*José Hernández, (1834-1886) journalist and poet
*Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, (1913-1989) racing driver

External links

*es icon [http://www.estarinformado.com.ar/pag%20san%20martin/san_martin_pagina.htm San Martin news]

News WebPage

*es icon [http://www.infoban.com.ar/v_despachos.asp?id_Subseccion=17 InfoBAN San Martín]