Not to be confused with the autonomous city of
Buenos Aires , the core city of Greater Buenos Aires.
Gran Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires
Satellite image of Greater Buenos Aires at night
Country
Argentina
Cities
List of cities in Greater Buenos Aires
Area
• Metro
3,830 km2 (1,480 sq mi)
Population (INDEC 2010 Census[ 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 (Spanish : Gran Buenos Aires ; GBA) is the urban agglomeration comprising the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and the adjacent 24 partidos (districts) over the Province of Buenos Aires . Thus, it does not constitute a single administrative unit. The conurbation spreads south, west and north of Buenos Aires city. 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 and generating more than half of country's GDP.
History [ edit ]
The term Gran Buenos Aires ("Greater Buenos Aires") was first officially used in 1948, when Governor of Buenos Aires Province Domingo Mercante signed a bill delineating as such an area covering 14 counties surrounding the City of Buenos Aires.[ 2] The term is also related to other expressions that are 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).
Definition [ edit ]
Buenos Aires, city and vicinities,
Landsat 8 satellite image.
The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) has defined Greater Buenos Aires.[ 3] 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.
Fourteen fully urbanized partidos
Ten partidos partially urbanized
Six partidos not yet conurbated
As urbanization continues and the conurbation grows, six additional partially urbanized partidos now are fully connected with the conurbation :
Rank
Partido
Seat
2010 Census [ 4]
% growth from
2001 Census [ 4]
*
Buenos Aires
2,890,151
4.1
1
La Matanza
San Justo
1,775,816
41.5
2
Lomas de Zamora
Lomas de Zamora
616,279
4.2
3
Quilmes
Quilmes
582,943
12.4
4
Almirante Brown
Adrogué
552,902
7.2
5
Merlo
Merlo
528,494
12.4
6
Lanús
Lanús
459,263
1.4
7
Moreno
Moreno
452,505
18.9
8
Florencio Varela
Florencio Varela
426,005
22.1
9
General San Martín
San Martín
414,196
2.8
10
Tigre
Tigre
376,381
25.0
11
Avellaneda
Avellaneda
342,677
4.2
12
Tres de Febrero
Caseros
340,071
1.1
13
Berazategui
Berazategui
324,344
12.6
14
Malvinas Argentinas
Los Polvorines
322,375
10.9
15
Morón
Morón
321,109
3.8
16
Esteban Echeverría
Monte Grande
300,959
23.4
17
San Isidro
San Isidro
292,878
0.5
18
San Miguel
San Miguel
276,190
9.1
19
Vicente López
Olivos
269,420
-1.7
20
José C. Paz
José C. Paz
265,981
15.5
21
Hurlingham
Hurlingham
181,241
5.2
22
Ituzaingó
Ituzaingó
167,824
6.1
23
Ezeiza
Ezeiza
163,722
37.8
24
San Fernando
San Fernando
163,240
8.0
List of cities in Greater Buenos Aires [ edit ]
Rank
City
District
Partido
2001 Census [ 5]
1
Buenos Aires
2,776,138
2
Merlo
Merlo
244,168
3
Quilmes
Quilmes
230,810
4
Banfield
Lomas de Zamora
223,898
5
José Clemente Paz
José Clemente Paz
216,637
6
Lanús
Lanús
212,152
7
Gregorio de Laferrère
La Matanza
175,670
8
Hurlingham
Hurlingham
174,165
9
Berazategui
Berazategui
167,498
10
González Catán
La Matanza
163,815
11
San Miguel
San Miguel
157,532
12
Moreno
Moreno
148,290
13
San Fernando
San Fernando
145,165
14
Isidro Casanova
La Matanza
131,981
15
Bernal
Quilmes
130,790
16
Florencio Varela
Florencio Varela
120,678
17
Avellaneda
Avellaneda
112,980[ 6]
18
Lomas de Zamora
Lomas de Zamora
111,897
19
Temperley
Lomas de Zamora
111,160
20
Monte Grande
Esteban Echeverría
109,644
21
San Justo
La Matanza
105,274
22
Ituzaingó
Ituzaingó
104,712
23
Castelar
Morón
104,019
24
Rafael Castillo
La Matanza
103,992
25
Libertad
Merlo
100,324
26
Ramos Mejía
La Matanza
97,076
27
Ezeiza
Ezeiza
93,246
28
Morón
Morón
92,725
29
Caseros
Tres de Febrero
90,313
30
Parque San Martín
Merlo
89,073
31
Burzaco
Almirante Brown
86,113
32
Grand Bourg
Malvinas Argentinas
85,189
33
Monte Chingolo
Lanús
85,060
34
San Francisco Solano
Quilmes
Almirante Brown
81,707
35
Remedios de Escalada
Lanús
81,465
36
La Tablada
La Matanza
80,389
37
Ciudad Madero
La Matanza
75,582
38
Olivos
Vicente López
75,527
39
El Palomar
Morón
Tres de Febrero
74,757
40
Boulogne Sur Mer
San Isidro
73,496
41
Ciudadela
Tres de Febrero
73,155
42
Ezpeleta
Quilmes
72,557
43
Ciudad Evita
La Matanza
68,650
44
Bella Vista
San Miguel
67,936
45
Wilde
Avellaneda
65,881
46
Martínez
San Isidro
65,859
47
Don Torcuato
Tigre
64,867
48
Gerli
Avellaneda
Lanús
64,640
49
Ciudad Jardín
Tres de Febrero
61,780
50
Sarandí
Avellaneda
60,752
51
Villa Tesei
Hurlingham
60,165
52
Florida
Vicente López
59,844
53
Villa Domínico
Avellaneda
58,824
54
Béccar
San Isidro
58,811
55
Glew
Almirante Brown
57,878
56
Rafael Calzada
Almirante Brown
56,419
57
Mariano Acosta
Merlo
54,081
58
Los Polvorines
Malvinas Argentinas
53,354
59
Lomas del Mirador
La Matanza
51,488
60
Villa Centenario
Lomas de Zamora
49,737
61
William Morris
Hurlingham
48,916
62
Longchamps
Almirante Brown
47,622
63
San Isidro
San Isidro
45,190
64
Villa Adelina
Vicente López
44,587
65
San José
Lomas de Zamora
44,437
66
Villa de Mayo
Malvinas Argentinas
43,405
67
General Pacheco
Tigre
43,287
68
Villa Fiorito
Lomas de Zamora
42,904
69
Paso del Rey
Moreno
41,775
70
Llavallol
Lomas de Zamora
41,463
71
Tortuguitas
Malvinas Argentinas
José C. Paz
41,310
72
Claypole
Almirante Brown
41,176
73
Valentín Alsina
Lanús
41,155
74
Virreyes
San Fernando
39,507
75
Victoria
San Fernando
39,447
76
Pablo Nogués
Malvinas Argentinas
38,470
77
Haedo
Morón
38,068
78
San Antonio de Padua
Merlo
37,775
79
Munro
Vicente López
35,844
80
Villa Ballester
San Martín
35,301
81
Pontevedra
Merlo
33,515
82
Villa Udaondo
Ituzaingó
31,490
83
Villa La Florida
Quilmes
31,268
84
Tigre
Tigre
31,106
85
San Martín
San Martín
28,339
86
Adrogué
Almirante Brown
28,265
87
Tristán Suárez
Ezeiza
27,746
88
Muñiz
San Miguel
26,221
89
Villa Martelli
Vicente López
26,059
90
Villa Bosch
Tres de Febrero
24,702
91
Villa Maipú
San Martín
24,447
92
Vicente López
Vicente López
24,078
93
Don Bosco
Quilmes
20,876
94
Billinghurst
San Martín
19,138
95
Martín Coronado
Tres de Febrero
19,121
96
Villa Sarmiento
Morón
17,737
97
Ranelagh
Berazategui
15,262
98
Tapiales
La Matanza
15,148
99
Aldo Bonzi
La Matanza
13,410
[ 7] [ 8]
Gallery [ edit ]
Ciudad Evita (La Matanza Partido)
Monte Grande (Esteban Echeverría Partido)
Olivos (Vicente López Partido)
Pan-American Expressway, north of Buenos Aires
References [ edit ]
Further reading [ edit ]
Buzai, G.D. and Marcos, M. (2012). "The social map of Greater Buenos Aires as empirical evidence of urban models". Journal of Latin American Geography . Volume 11 Number 1, pp. 67–78, DOI 10.1353/lag.2012.0012
Keeling, D. (1996). Buenos Aires: Global Dreams, Local Crisis . Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.