General Paz Partido

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| name = General Paz

| native_name = Partido de General Paz

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| settlement_type = Department

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| image_map = Argentina - Buenos Aires - General Paz.svg

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| map_caption = location of General Paz Partido in Buenos Aires Province

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| coordinates = {{coord|35|32|S|58|17|W}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Argentina

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| established_title = Established

| established_date = October 25, 1864

| founder = provincial law 422

| seat_type = Seat

| seat = Ranchos

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| leader_party = PJ

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Edgardo Juan Uribarri

| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 1197

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| population_total = 10319

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_demonym = pacense

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| postal_code_type = Postal Code

| postal_code = B1987

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| postal2_code = [http://www.mininterior.gov.ar/municipios/masinfo.php?municipio=BUE051 BUE051]

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| area_code = 02241

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| website ={{URL|http://municipalidaddegeneralpaz.gob.ar/}}

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General Paz Partido is a partido in the northeast of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 10,000 inhabitants in an area of {{convert|1197|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}, and its capital city is Ranchos, which is {{convert|110|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} from Buenos Aires.

The partido is named in honour of Brigadier General José María Paz, a veteran of the Argentine War of Independence.

Settlements

  • Ranchos (pop. 7,333){{in lang|es}} [http://www.gob.gba.gov.ar/cdi/php/localidades.php?idmunicipio=%20%20%20%20%2047 Provincial Website - General Paz Localities (2001)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531175819/http://www.gob.gba.gov.ar/cdi/php/localidades.php?idmunicipio=%20%20%20%20%2047 |date=2011-05-31 }}
  • Loma Verde (pop. 596)
  • Villanueva (pop. 572)
  • Barrio Río Salado (pop. 60)
  • Alegre
  • Rural area (pop. 1,758)

See also

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