General Rodríguez | |
Native Name: | Partido de General Rodríguez |
Settlement Type: | Department |
Coordinates: | -34.6167°N -115°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Argentina |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 25 October 1878 |
Named For: | Martín Rodríguez |
Seat Type: | Seat |
Seat: | General Rodríguez |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Juan Pablo Anghileri |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 360 |
Population Total: | 87491 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | rodriguense |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | B1748 |
Postal2 Code Type: | IFAM |
Postal2 Code: | BUE054 |
Area Code Type: | Area Code |
Area Code: | 0237 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Patron saint |
Blank Info Sec1: | Nuestra Señora del Carmen |
General Rodríguez is a western partido of Buenos Aires Province, in Argentina. It is a district on the far western outskirts of Greater Buenos Aires.
The partido and its capital are named after Martín Rodríguez, a hero of the defense of Buenos Aires from the British invasion of 1806, a veteran of the Argentine War of Independence, and a former governor of Buenos Aires.
General Rodríguez is in the northeast portion of Buenos Aires Province, and it is 52km (32miles) from Buenos Aires City. It is also bounded by Pilar, Moreno, Marcos Paz, Merlo and Luján cities. The physical geography of the place corresponds to the Urbanised Pampeana Prairie of Buenos Aires.
According to the preliminary estimates of the total population for General Rodríguez of the census of 2010, the population is 87,491 inhabitants.
• Population in 1991: 48,383 inhabitants (INDEC, 1991)• Population in 2001: 67,931 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001)
General Rodríguez is home to several polo clubs of Argentina.