Alberti Partido
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Alberti is a northern central partido
Departments of Argentina
Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act...

 of Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...

, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, at coordinates 35°02′S 60°15′W

Alberti is located at the south of the Gran Buenos Aires urban area. It has an area of 1,130 km² (436 sq mi) and 10,322 inhabitants .

Economy

The economy of Alberti is dominated by agriculture. Its main products are wheat
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...

, maize
Maize
Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...

, soya beans, oat
Oat
The common oat is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name . While oats are suitable for human consumption as oatmeal and rolled oats, one of the most common uses is as livestock feed...

s, sunflower
Sunflower
Sunflower is an annual plant native to the Americas. It possesses a large inflorescence . The sunflower got its name from its huge, fiery blooms, whose shape and image is often used to depict the sun. The sunflower has a rough, hairy stem, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves and circular heads...

s, sorghum
Sorghum
Sorghum is a genus of numerous species of grasses, one of which is raised for grain and many of which are used as fodder plants either cultivated or as part of pasture. The plants are cultivated in warmer climates worldwide. Species are native to tropical and subtropical regions of all continents...

, and industrial crops.

Attractions

  • Raúl Lozza Gallery of Contemporary Art, Alberti
  • Parque Municipal (Municipal park), Alberti

Settlements

  • Alberti
    Alberti, Buenos Aires
    Alberti is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Alberti Partido....

     (Capital) (7,493 inhabitants)
  • Achupallas (112 inhabitants)
  • Anderson
  • Baudrix
  • Villa Ortíz, Estación Coronel Mom (857 inhabitants)
  • Coronel Seguí (148 inhabitants)
  • Gobernador Ugarte
  • Mechita (438 inhabitants)
  • Larrea
  • Emita
  • Palantelén
  • Plá
    PLA
    -Organizations and groups:*People's Liberation Army **People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China**People’s Liberation Army in Lebanon or Armée de Libération Populaire in French was/is the militia of the Druze Progressive Socialist Party.*Palestinian Liberation Army*An early name...

     (237 inhabitants)
  • Presidente Quintana
  • Villa Grisolía
  • Villa María (21 inhabitants)

External links

Official website Ministry of the Interior statistics
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