Barrios and comunas of Buenos Aires
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The city of Buenos Aires is divided in 48 barrios (neighbourhoods). These barrios are in turn part of formal administrative structures, comunas ("communes") which are "units of decentralized political and administrative management governed by designated residents" [1]
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[edit] List of barrios
In alphabetical order:
- Agronomía
- Almagro
- Balvanera
- Barracas
- Belgrano
- Boedo
- Caballito
- Chacarita
- Coghlan
- Colegiales
- Constitución
- Flores
- Floresta
- La Boca
- La Paternal
- Liniers
- Mataderos
- Monte Castro
- Montserrat (or Monserrat)
- Nueva Pompeya
- Nuñez
- Palermo
- Parque Avellaneda
- Parque Chacabuco
- Parque Chas (part of Agronomía until August 2005)
- Parque Patricios
- Puerto Madero
- Recoleta
- Retiro
- Saavedra
- San Cristóbal
- San Nicolás
- San Telmo
- Vélez Sársfield
- Versalles
- Villa Crespo
- Villa del Parque
- Villa Devoto
- Villa Lugano
- Villa Luro
- Villa Mitre
- Villa Ortúzar
- Villa Pueyrredón
- Villa Real
- Villa Riachuelo
- Villa Santa Rita
- Villa Soldati
- Villa Urquiza
[edit] Comunas division
Comunas are districts within the city. Each comuna encompasses one or more barrios, which are represented in the respective community centres for administrative purposes.
Comunas are serially numbered. The list below lists all comunas and their constituent barrios in numerical order:
- Puerto Madero, San Nicolás, Retiro, Monserrat, San Telmo, and Constitución
- Recoleta
- Balvanera and San Cristóbal
- La Boca, Barracas, Parque Patricios, and Nueva Pompeya
- Almagro and Boedo
- Caballito
- Flores and Parque Chacabuco
- Villa Soldati, Villa Lugano, and Villa Riachuelo
- Parque Avellaneda, Mataderos, and Liniers
- Villa Luro, Vélez Sársfield, Floresta, Monte Castro, Villa Real, and Versalles
- Villa Devoto, Villa del Parque, Villa Santa Rita, and Villa General Mitre
- Villa Pueyrredón, Villa Urquiza, Coghlan, and Saavedra
- Nuñez, Belgrano, and Colegiales
- Palermo
- Villa Ortúzar, Chacarita, Villa Crespo, La Paternal, and Agronomía
[edit] Informal barrio names
The name Barrio Norte is sometimes used to refer to the area around Santa Fe avenue, encompassing parts of Retiro, Recoleta, Palermo, and (sometimes) Balvanera.
The name Barrio Sur was used in the past to refer to the southern neighborhoods. It is no longer used in this sense, but the usage survives in the lyrics of the tango Sur which refer to specific places in Nueva Pompeya, Boedo, and Parque Patricios.
Abasto is sometimes used to refer to the zone around the Abasto market (now shopping mall). It encompasses north-western Balvanera and north-eastern Almagro.
Congreso is the area around Congress square, encompassing southeastern Balvanera, northern San Cristóbal and western Montserrat.
Catalinas Norte is used to name the high-rise district next to Retiro transportation center and to the financial district, while Catalinas Sur is used (quite rarely) for the lowlands of San Telmo (notably the area around Cosme Argerich hospital).
Parque Centenario is sometimes used to refer to the zone around Centenario park, at the limit of Almagro, Caballito, and Villa Crespo.
Several parts of Palermo have their own informal names: Villa Freud, Botánico, Palermo Chico/Barrio Parque, Palermo Viejo, Pacífico, Rosedal, Hipodromo, Palermo SOHO, Palermo Hollywood, Tierra del Fuego (Plaza Las Heras).
Chinatown is located in a small area of Belgrano. Other parts of Belgrano are Belgrano C, Belgrano R, Bajo Belgrano.
[edit] External links
- Buenos Aires Barrios Maps (Spanish)
- Barrios History Government of the Buenos Aires city (Spanish)
- Division into Comunas
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