Presidente Perón 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 in 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...

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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 60,000 inhabitants in an area of 120.73km², and its capital city is Guernica

Guernica, Buenos Aires

Guernica is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Presidente Perón Partido. Guernico is situated on the outskirts of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conurbation around 30km from the autonomous city of Buenos Aires....

, which is located around 38km 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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Name

The Partido is named in honour of Juan Domingo Perón

Juan Perón

Juan Domingo Perón was an Argentine military officer, and politician. Perón was three times elected as President of Argentina though he only managed to serve one full term, after serving in several government positions, including the Secretary of Labor and the Vice Presidency...

 (1895-1974), who served as President of Argentina

President of Argentina

The President of the Argentine Nation , usually known as the President of Argentina, is the head of state of Argentina. Under the national Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.Through Argentine history, the...

, he served two terms between 1946 and 1955, but he was removed from office by a military coup. He served a third term between 1973 and 1974 but died in office.

Districts

• Guernica
  Guernica, Buenos Aires
  Guernica is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Presidente Perón Partido. Guernico is situated on the outskirts of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conurbation around 30km from the autonomous city of Buenos Aires....
  
  (capital)
• América Unida
• Villa Numancia

External links

• Official Website (Spanish)