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General Pueyrredón

Official name

Partido de General Pueyrredón

Capital

Mar del Plata

Country
Province

Argentina
Buenos Aires

Foundation
Founder

February 10, 1874
Patricio Peralta Ramos

Population:

- Total

564,056

- Density

386.34 Inhabitants/km²

- Population change

+5.86% (1991-2001)

Demonym

marplatense

Telephone code

0223

Post Code

B7600

Location

- Coordinates

37°59′S 57°32′W / 37.983°S 57.533°W

Area

1,453.44 km² (561.2 sq mi)

Distance:

- to Buenos Aires

404 km (251 mi)

- to La Plata

367 km (228 mi)

Patron Saint

Saint Peter and Saint Cecilia

Mayor

Daniel Pulti

Web Site

http://www.mardelplata.gov.ar

IFAM Statistics

IFAM

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 (2001 census [INDEC]), 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.