Greater Buenos Aires
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| Country |  Argentina
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| Cities | List of cities in Greater Buenos Aires |
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| • Metro | 3,830 km2 (1,480 sq mi) |
| Population (INDEC 2010 estimation[1]) | 12,801,365 (24 partidos plus Federal District) |
| • Metro | 13,641,973 (including partidos not yet conurbated) |
| • Metro density | 3,342.39/km2 (8,656.8/sq mi) |
Greater Buenos Aires (Gran Buenos Aires, GBA, in Spanish) is the generic denomination to refer to the megalopolis comprising the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and the conurbation around it, over the province of Buenos Aires—namely the adjacent 24 partidos or municipalities—which nonetheless do not constitute a single administrative unit. The conurbation spreads to the south, west and north of Buenos Aires; to the east the River Plate serves as a natural boundary.
Urban sprawl, especially between 1945 and 1980, created a vast conurbation of 9,910,282 inhabitants in the 24 conurbated partidos, as of 2010, and a total of 12,801,365 including the City of Buenos Aires, a third of the total population of Argentina.
The term "Greater Buenos Aires" is related with other expressions not necessarily well-defined: the "Buenos Aires' conurbation" (Conurbano Bonaerense), the "Greater Buenos Aires Agglomeration" (Aglomerado Gran Buenos Aires), and the "Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires" (Área Metropolitana Buenos Aires, AMBA).
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[edit] Definition
The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos), INDEC, has defined Greater Buenos Aires to be comprised by:[2] There are three main groups within the Buenos Aires' Conurbation. The first two groups (24 partidos) comprise the traditional conurbation, or the "conurbation proper". The third group of six partidos is in process of becoming fully integrated with the rest.
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As urbanization continues and the conurbation grows, six additional partially urbanized partidos now are fully connected with the conurbation: |
[edit] List of cities in Greater Buenos Aires
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[edit] References
- ^ 2010 Census provisional results
- ^ (Spanish) "¿Qué es el Gran Buenos Aires?" (Press release). National Institute of Statistics and Censuses. 2003-08-01. http://www.indec.mecon.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/1/folleto%20gba.pdf. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
- ^ [1], Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos
- ^ Includes Dock Sud, Piñeiro and Crucecita
- ^ http://www.indec.mecon.gov.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/4/EPHcont_1trim08.pdf INDEC eph
- ^ http://www.indec.mecon.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/2/estimaciones-serie34.pdf INDEC est
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Adrogué (Almirante Brown partido).
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Avellaneda.
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Berazategui.
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General San Martín.
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Haedo (Morón partido).
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Lanús.
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Lomas de Zamora.
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Olivos (Vicente Lopez partido).
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Ramos Mejía (La Matanza partido).
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San Antonio de Padua (Merlo partido).
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San Isidro.
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Tigre.
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Vicente López.
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Villa Ballester (General San Martín partido).
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Expressway leading north from Buenos Aires, through Vicente López partido.
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