Ciudad del Libertador General Don José de San Martín, more commonly known as
San Martín is the head city of the
General San Martín PartidoGeneral 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....
in the Gran Buenos Aires metropolitan area.
Ciudad del Libertador General Don José de San Martín, more commonly known as
San Martín is the head city of the
General San Martín PartidoGeneral 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....
in the Gran Buenos Aires metropolitan area.
Geography
The city is bordered to the north-east by the
Buenos Aires autonomous cityBuenos Aires is the capital, and largest city, of Argentina, currently the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the eastern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. The area is heavily urbanised and is home to numerous
food processingFood processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food or to transform food into other forms for consumption by humans or animals either in the home or by the food processing industry...
industries, as well as to a large
PeugeotPeugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest European carmaker.Peugeot's roots go back to 19th-century coffee mill and bicycle manufacturing. The Peugeot company and family is originally from Sochaux, France. Peugeot retains a large manufacturing plant and...
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CitröenCitroën is a French automobile manufacturer. Founded in 1919 by André Citroën, it was the world's first mass-production car company outside of the USA. Since 1976 it has been part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, and its headquarters is on rue Fructidor, Paris...
auto factory.
Sport
The town is home to
Chacarita JuniorsClub Atlético Chacarita Juniors are an Argentine professional football club from Villa Maipú, San Martín in the Buenos Aires Province currently playing in the Primera División having just achieved promotion....
footballAssociation football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball...
club, champions of Argentina in
MetropolitanoThe Metropolitano championship was an Argentine football tournament that existed between 1967 and 1984. The Metropolitano formed one half of the Argentine 1st division taking place in the first half of the year, the Nacional took place in the 2nd half of the year. This arrangement lasted until 1982...
1969.
Famous residents
- José Hernández
José Hernández was an Argentine journalist, poet, and politician best known as the author of the epic poem Martín Fierro....
, writer.
- Óscar Alfredo Gálvez
Oscar Alfredo Gálvez was a racing driver from Argentina. He participated in 1 Formula One Grand Prix, debuting on January 18, 1953...
, racing driver.
- Roberto De Vicenzo, golfer.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities
San Martín is
twinnedSister cities, also known as town twinning, is an agreement between towns, cities and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties...
with:
Civitanova MarcheCivitanova Marche is a comune in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about 40 km southeast of Ancona and about 25 km east of Macerata....
in
ItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
(since 1990) Alytus in
LithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of...
External links
San Martín website