General Pueyrredón Partido

Infobox Partido Argentina
name= General Pueyrredón
official name= Partido de General Pueyrredón
coat of arms= Sin escudo.svg


location= location of General Pueyrredón Partido in Buenos Aires Province
capital= Mar del Plata
foundation= February 10 1874
founder= Patricio Peralta Ramos
pop= 564,056
density= 386.34 Inhabitants/km²
pop change= +5.86% (1991-2001)
resident= "marplatense"
tel= 0223
post= B7600
coor= coord|37|59|S|57|32|W
area= convert|1453.44|km2|sqmi|1|lk=on|abbr=on
dist1= convert|404|km|mi|0|lk=on|abbr=on
dist2= convert|367|km|mi|0|abbr=on
patron= Saint Peter and Saint Cecilia
mayor= Daniel Pulti
web= http://www.mardelplata.gov.ar
ifam= BUE053

General Pueyrredón Partido is a "partido" located on the Atlantic coast of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

The "partido" covers 1,453 km² and has a population of 564,056 (census-ar|2001), most of whom live in the large coastal resort of Mar del Plata.

The Mayor of General Pueyrredón, usually referred to as being the Mayor of Mar del Plata, is Daniel Pulti of the local party "Acción Marplatense".

The "partido" was created in 1879. The first mayor was Fortunato de la Plaza.

Name

The partido is named after Juan Martín de Pueyrredón (1776-1850), who fought in the defence of Buenos Aires against the occupation by the Royal Navy in 1806, and fought for his country again in the Argentine War of Independence. He later became a politician, serving as governor of Córdoba Province and as Supreme Director of Argentina.

Economy

The economy of General Pueyrredón Partido is dominated by the summer tourist season (December-February), when hundreds of thousands of vacationers make their way from the Gran Buenos Aires urban area to the Atlantic coast of Argentina.

Other industries include arable farming, beef and dairy farming, related agricultural industries, metallurgy and the service sector.

Districts

*Mar del Plata and its resorts and suburbs
* Sierra de los Padres
* Laguna de los Padres
* Batán
* El Coyunco
* Gloria de la Peregrina
* Colinas Verdes
* El Dorado
* Santa Paula
* Las Margaritas
* Barrio 2 de Abril
* La Adela
* Santa Angela
* El Sosiego
* Los Zorzales
* Las Quintas

External links

*es icon [http://www.mardelplata.gov.ar/ Municipality website]
*es icon [http://www.concejomdp.gov.ar/ General Pueyrredón town council]
*es icon [http://www.mardelplata.gov.ar Official page of Mar del Plata]
*es icon [http://www.lacapitalnet.com.ar/ La Capital, local newspaper]