San Isidro Partido

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San Isidro
Official name	Partido de San Isidro
Capital	San Isidro
Country Province	Argentina Buenos Aires
Foundation Founder	1784 Domingo de Acassuso
Population:
- Total	291,505
- Density	Inhabitants/km²
- Population change	(1991-2001)
Demonym	sanisidrense
Telephone code	011
Post Code	B1642
Location
- Coordinates	34°28′S 58°30′W
Area	51.44km²
Distance:
- to Buenos Aires	21km
- to La Plata	71km
Patron	San Isidro Labrador
Mayor	Gustavo Posse, Partido Vecinal
Web Site	http://www.sanisidro.gov.ar
IFAM Statistics	IFAM

San Isidro is a partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina found in the north of Greater Buenos Aires. Its capital is the city of San Isidro. It is 20 km from the city of Buenos Aires.

The founder of San Isidro city was Domingo de Acassuso, who built a cathedral in 1706 dedicated to San Isidro Labrador, having seen him in a dream. Other towns in the municipality are Acassuso, Beccar, Boulogne Sur Mer, Martínez, and Villa Adelina.

The area of the partido is 51,44 km². In 2001 there were 293,000 inhabitants, representing 0.8% of the population of Argentina. San Isidro borders on the partidos of Tigre, Vicente López, San Martín and San Fernando. As of November 2006, the mayor was Gustavo Posse.

Famed all over Argentina for its beautiful houses and affluent neighbourhoods, the partido has also traditionally been home to Buenos Aires's high and middle high classes. Nevertheless, there are numerous working-class quarters, and even large shanty towns (villas miseria) like Villa La Cava in Beccar, interspersed mostly west of the Avenida Centenario/Santa Fe thoroughfare, especially in the Beccar and Boulogne districts.

Contents 1 Cathedral 2 Sport 2.1 Football 2.2 Horse racing 2.3 Rugby 2.4 Sailing 3 Districts 4 External links

[edit] Cathedral

The San Isidro cathedral (Catedral de San Isidro, in Spanish) was completed on July 14, 1898. Constructed in the neogothic style, it stands 68 m tall. It is located opposite Plaza Mitre in San Isidro's historic quarter, on Avenida del Libertador 16200.

[edit] Sport

[edit] Football

San Isidro is home to Club Atlético Acassuso, a football club that currently plays in the regionalised 4th Division.

[edit] Horse racing

San Isidro is home to a historically prominent Jockey Club, that runs San Isidro's world-class race track, the Hipódromo de San Isidro.

[edit] Rugby

San Isidro is home to two of the most important rugby clubs in the country - SIC (San Isidro Club) and CASI (Club Atlético San Isidro).

[edit] Sailing

There are a number of sailing clubs on the Rio de la Plata.

[edit] Districts

• Acassuso
• Beccar
• Boulogne Sur Mer
• Martínez
• San Isidro
• Villa Adelina

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: San Isidro (Buenos Aires)

• (Spanish) San Isidro municipality's official website

• San Isidro hipodromo (English)

• Tourist information (English)

• San isidro Club Rugby (Spanish)

• Club Atlético San Isidro Rugby (Spanish)

• Club Acassuso Football (Spanish)

• Club Acassuso -Arriba Los Azules Football (Spanish)