Bahía Blanca Partido

{{Short description|Administrative region in Buenos Aires, Argentina}}

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| name = Bahia Blanca

| native_name = Partido de Bahia Blanca

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| settlement_type = Department

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| image_flag = Bandera de Bahia Blanca.svg

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| image_shield = Escudo de Bahía Blanca.svg

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| image_map = Argentina - Buenos Aires - Bahía Blanca.svg

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| map_caption = Location of Bahia Blanca Partido within Buenos Aires Province

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| coordinates = {{coord|38|42|S|62|16|W}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{ARG}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Buenos Aires Province|name=Buenos Aires}}

| established_title = Established

| established_date = April 11, 1828

| founder = Colonel Ramón Bernabé Estomba

| seat_type = Seat

| seat = Bahía Blanca

| government_footnotes =

| leader_party = UP

| leader_title = Intendant

| leader_name = Federico Susbieles

| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 2300

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| population_total = 284776

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_demonym = bahiense

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| postal_code_type = Postal Code

| postal_code = B8000

| postal2_code_type = IFAM

| postal2_code = [http://www.mininterior.gov.ar/municipios/masinfo.php?municipio=BUE008 BUE008]

| area_code_type = Area Code

| area_code = 0291

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| blank_name_sec1 = Patron saint

| blank_info_sec1 = Merced Virgen

| website ={{URL|https://www.bahia.gob.ar}}

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The Partido de Bahía Blanca is a partido of the Buenos Aires Province is located at the south-west of the province in central Argentina at coordinates {{coord|38|42|S|62|16|W}}

The provincial subdivision holds a population of 284,776 inhabitants in an area of 2,300 km2 (888 sq mi), and its capital city is Bahía Blanca, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean.

Sports

The city of Bahía Blanca has a strong sporting tradition. It is home to two football clubs, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca and Club Villa Mitre (second division).

The city is also well known for its basketball club Estudiantes which is on the Liga Nacional de Basquetbol.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

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Administrative divisions

Bahía Blanca Partido is subdivided into eleven divisions known as localidades:

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The main towns in Bahia Blanca Partido are, including its population according to the {{census-ar|2001}}:

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Category:Partidos of Buenos Aires Province

Category:Populated places established in 1928