San Cayetano 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...

 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 inhabitants in an area of 2,757.5 km², and its capital city is San Cayetano

San Cayetano, Buenos Aires

San Cayetano is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the San Cayetano Partido. The settlement was established on March 13, 1911 by provincial law....

, which is located around 628 km from Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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Name

The partido and its cabecera (capital) are named after Saint Cajetan

Saint Cajetan

Saint Cajetan , born Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene , is a Catholic Church saint and founder of the order of the Clerics Regular, better known as the Theatines...

, a Catholic Saint

Saint

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 (1480-1547). In Argentina he is known as Patrón del trabajo (the Patron Saint of work).

Settlements

• Balneario San Cayetano
• Cristiano Muerto
• El Carretero
• San Cayetano
  San Cayetano, Buenos Aires
  San Cayetano is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the San Cayetano Partido. The settlement was established on March 13, 1911 by provincial law....
  
  
• Lumb
• Deferrari
• Ochandio

External links

• Municipal site (Spanish)