José Clemente 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 Greater Buenos Aires

Greater Buenos Aires

Greater Buenos Aires is the generic denomination to refer to the megalopolis comprising the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and the conurbation around it, over the province of Buenos Aires—namely the adjacent 24 partidos or municipalities—which nonetheless do not constitute a single administrative...

 urban area 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

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...

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The provincial subdivision has a population of 263,094 inhabitants in an area of 50.11 km² (19.3 sq mi), and its capital city is José Clemente Paz

José C. Paz, Buenos Aires

José C. Paz is a city, the capital of José Clemente Paz Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban area and is located around 35 km north-west of Capital Federal. It was named after José C. Paz, a journalist and diplomat.-External links:...

, which is located 35 km (22 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...

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Economy

The main industries in J.C. Paz Partido are centred around the production of textiles, ceramics and food.