General Viamonte Partido

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


location= location of General Viamonte Partido in Buenos Aires Province
capital= Los Toldos
foundation= July 31 1908
founder=
pop= 17,641
density= 8.21 Inhabitants/km²
pop change= -0.75% (1991-2001)
resident= "viamontense"
tel= 02358
post= B6015
coor= coord|35|00|S|61|02|W
area= convert|2150|km2|sqmi|0|lk=on|abbr=on
dist1= convert|310|km|mi|0|lk=on|abbr=on
dist2= convert|350|km|mi|0|abbr=on
patron=
mayor= Juan Carlos Bartoletti, PJ
web=
ifam= BUE056

General Viamonte Partido is a partido located in the north of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 17,600 inhabitants in an area of convert|2150|km2|sqmi|0|lk=on|abbr=on, and its capital city is Los Toldos, which is located convert|310|km|mi|0|lk=on|abbr=on from Buenos Aires.

The town of Los Toldos is home to an Indigenous Mapuche colony.

Name

The partido was originally named after a settlement that had built up around a train station on the Buenos Aires Western Railway called "Los Toldos". In 1910 the name of the partido was changed from "Los Toldos" to General Viamonte although the town has kept the name Los Toldos.

The partido is now named in honour of General Juan José Viamonte, a hero of the Argentine War of Independence, governor of Buenos Aires and Argentine head of state for 3 days (April 18, 1815 to April 20, 1815).

There is some debate about the name of the district capital, some sources claim that the capital is also known as General Viamonte, but the population of the district still call it Los Toldos.

ettlements

*Los Toldos
*Baigorrita
*Chancay
*La Delfina
*Quirno Costa
*San Emilio
*Zavalía

External links

*es icon [http://www.noroestebonaerense.com.ar/PARTIDOVIAMONTE/LosToldos/LosToldos.htm information about Los Toldos]