Almirante Brown | |
Native Name: | Partido de Almirante Brown |
Settlement Type: | Department |
Image Blank Emblem: | LogoAlmiranteBrown.png |
Blank Emblem Type: | Logo |
Blank Emblem Size: | 200 |
Coordinates: | -34.7833°N -82°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1873 |
Founder: | provincial law |
Seat Type: | Seat |
Seat: | Adrogué |
Leader Party: | Front for Victory |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Mariano Cascallares |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 129.33 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 555731 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | brownense |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | B1846 |
Postal2 Code Type: | IFAM |
Postal2 Code: | BUE004 |
Area Code Type: | Area Code |
Area Code: | 011 |
Almirante Brown is a partido of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, located at the south of the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, at coordinates -34.7833°N -82°W.
It has an area of
129.33 km2 (49.9 sq mi) and 555,731 inhabitants, and its capital is Adrogué.The partido is named after Irish-born General William Brown who led the Argentine navy in the Argentine War of Independence and helped the country gain its independence from the Spanish Empire.