General Paz Partido
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General Paz Partido is a 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...

 located in the north-east 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...

 in Argentina
Argentina
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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 10,000 inhabitants in an area of 1197 km² (462 sq mi), and its capital city is Ranchos
Ranchos, Buenos Aires
Ranchos is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the General Paz Partido.The settlement was established on January 15, 1871 by provincial law number 422.-Attractions:...

, which is located 110 km (68 mi) from Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

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The Partido is named in honour of Brigadier General José María Paz
José María Paz
Brigadier General José María Paz y Haedo was an Argentine military figure, notable in the Argentine War of Independence and the Argentine Civil War.-Childhood:...

 (1791–1854), a veteran of the Argentine War of Independence
Argentine War of Independence
The Argentine War of Independence was fought from 1810 to 1818 by Argentine patriotic forces under Manuel Belgrano, Juan José Castelli and José de San Martín against royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown...

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Settlements

  • Ranchos
    Ranchos, Buenos Aires
    Ranchos is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the General Paz Partido.The settlement was established on January 15, 1871 by provincial law number 422.-Attractions:...

    (pop. 7,333)
  • Río Salado (pop. 60)
  • Loma Verde (pop. 596)
  • Barrio Río Salado
  • Vergara
  • Villanueva (pop. 572)
  • Rural area: (pop. 1,758)

External links

Provincial Website Sociedad Rural de General Paz
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