Malvinas Argentinas Partido

Malvinas Argentinas Partido is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, in the Gran Buenos Aires urban area. It has an area of 63.8 km2 (24.6 sq mi) and according to the preliminary results of the 2010 Census, the population was 321,833 inhabitants. (2010 census [INDEC]).[1]

Malvinas Argentinas

Partido de Malvinas Argentinas
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location of Malvinas Argentinas Partido in Gran Buenos Aires
Coordinates: 34°27′S 58°37.8′W
CountryArgentina
EstablishedOctober 20, 1994
Founded byprovincial law 11551
SeatLos Polvorines
Government
  MayorJesús Cataldo Cariglino (PJ)
Area
  Total63.8 km2 (24.6 sq mi)
Population
  Total321,833
  Density5,000/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)malvinense
Postal Code
B1613
IFAM
Area Code011
Websitewww.malvinasargentinas.gov.ar

Its name reflects Argentina's claims of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas in Spanish). It was created on October 20, 1994 by Provincial Law #11551, taking some of the territory of former General Sarmiento Partido.

Los Polvorines is its capital, founded on the Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano railway, along with the neighboring town of Del Viso. The union of the lands around these two train stations originated the district.

By Decree #4520, the federal government on 17 December 1908, created the train stop Los Polvorines, which name came from the Sargento Cabral munitions depot (polvorín in Spanish), established by the Argentine Army nearby.

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