Ensenada Partido
Encyclopedia
Ensenada Partido is a district (a "partido
") of Buenos Aires Province
, Argentina
, belonging to the Greater La Plata
area, just south of the Gran Buenos Aires urban conglomerate.
The provincial district has a population of about 51,448 inhabitants in an area of only 135 km² (52 sq mi); its capital city is Ensenada
, located 27 km (17 mi) from Buenos Aires
and 5 km from La Plata
.
(Barragán's Cove). The old coastal site forms part of what is today Santiago Island. A military battery and defensive wall was built there in the early 18th century, known as Fuerte Barragán
(Fort Barragán).
On 5 May 1801 Viceroy
Marqués de Avilés founded the village of Ensenada. In 1882, the government of Dardo Rocha
declared it as temporary provincial capital while the new city of La Plata
was being built.
Departments of Argentina
Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act...
") of Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, belonging to the Greater La Plata
La Plata
La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....
area, just south of the Gran Buenos Aires urban conglomerate.
The provincial district has a population of about 51,448 inhabitants in an area of only 135 km² (52 sq mi); its capital city is Ensenada
Ensenada, Buenos Aires
Ensenada is a city and port in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, located around the Ensenada de Barragán. It has 31,031 inhabitants as per the...
, located 27 km (17 mi) from Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
and 5 km from La Plata
La Plata
La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....
.
History
The district spans the area historically known as Ensenada de BarragánEnsenada de Barragán
The Ensenada de Barragán is a small bay on the Río de la Plata, some southeast of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The area belongs today to the Ensenada district of Buenos Aires province, centred around the city of the Ensenada...
(Barragán's Cove). The old coastal site forms part of what is today Santiago Island. A military battery and defensive wall was built there in the early 18th century, known as Fuerte Barragán
Ensenada de Barragán
The Ensenada de Barragán is a small bay on the Río de la Plata, some southeast of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The area belongs today to the Ensenada district of Buenos Aires province, centred around the city of the Ensenada...
(Fort Barragán).
On 5 May 1801 Viceroy
Viceroy
A viceroy is a royal official who runs a country, colony, or province in the name of and as representative of the monarch. The term derives from the Latin prefix vice-, meaning "in the place of" and the French word roi, meaning king. A viceroy's province or larger territory is called a viceroyalty...
Marqués de Avilés founded the village of Ensenada. In 1882, the government of Dardo Rocha
Dardo Rocha
Dardo Rocha was an Argentine naval officer, lawyer and politician best known as the founder of the city of La Plata and of the University of La Plata.-Life and times:...
declared it as temporary provincial capital while the new city of La Plata
La Plata
La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....
was being built.
Settlements
- EnsenadaEnsenada, Buenos AiresEnsenada is a city and port in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, located around the Ensenada de Barragán. It has 31,031 inhabitants as per the...
- Punta Lara
- Villa Catella
- Dique Nº 1
- Isla Santiago