General Paz Partido is a partido

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...

 located in the north-east 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...

 in Argentina

Argentina

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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 10,000 inhabitants in an area of 1197 km² (462 sq mi), and its capital city is Ranchos

Ranchos, Buenos Aires

Ranchos is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the General Paz Partido.The settlement was established on January 15, 1871 by provincial law number 422.-Attractions:...

, which is located 110 km (68 mi) from Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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The Partido is named in honour of Brigadier General José María Paz

José María Paz

Brigadier General José María Paz y Haedo was an Argentine military figure, notable in the Argentine War of Independence and the Argentine Civil War.-Childhood:...

 (1791–1854), a veteran of the Argentine War of Independence

Argentine War of Independence

The Argentine War of Independence was fought from 1810 to 1818 by Argentine patriotic forces under Manuel Belgrano, Juan José Castelli and José de San Martín against royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown...

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Settlements

• Ranchos
  Ranchos, Buenos Aires
  Ranchos is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the General Paz Partido.The settlement was established on January 15, 1871 by provincial law number 422.-Attractions:...
  
  (pop. 7,333)
• Río Salado (pop. 60)
• Loma Verde (pop. 596)
• Barrio Río Salado
• Vergara
• Villanueva (pop. 572)
• Rural area: (pop. 1,758)

External links

Provincial Website Sociedad Rural de General Paz