Neighbourhoods and Communes of Buenos Aires

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The Barrios of Buenos Aires
The Barrios of Buenos Aires

The city of Buenos Aires is divided in 48 barrios or neighbourhoods. These neighbourhoods are grouped into comunas or communes which are "units of decentralized political and administrative management governed by designated residents" [1]

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[edit] List of neighbourhoods

Palermo.
Palermo.
San Nicolás.
San Nicolás.
San Telmo.
San Telmo.
Villa Crespo.
Villa Crespo.
San Cristóbal.
San Cristóbal.
Puerto Madero.
Puerto Madero.

In alphabetical order, with the corresponding population (according to 2001 Census)

  1. Agronomía (35.000)
  2. Almagro (139.000)
  3. Balvanera (152.000)
  4. Barracas (77.000)
  5. Belgrano (139.000)
  6. Boedo (49.000)
  7. Caballito (183.000)
  8. Chacarita (27.000)
  9. Coghlan (19.000)
  10. Colegiales (57.000)
  11. Constitución (46.000)
  12. Flores (150.000)
  13. Floresta (39.000)
  14. La Boca (46.000)
  15. La Paternal (20.000)
  16. Liniers (44.000)
  17. Mataderos (65.000)
  18. Monte Castro (35.000)
  19. Montserrat (44.000)
  20. Nueva Pompeya (63.000)
  21. Nuñez (53.000)
  22. Palermo (252.000)
  23. Parque Avellaneda (54.000)
  24. Parque Chacabuco (39.000)
  25. Parque Chas (included in Agronomía in 2001)
  26. Parque Patricios (41.000)
  27. Puerto Madero (less than 1000)
  28. Recoleta (189.000)
  29. Retiro (45.000)
  30. Saavedra (52.000)
  31. San Cristóbal (50.000)
  32. San Nicolás (33.000)
  33. San Telmo (26.000)
  34. Vélez Sársfield (36.000)
  35. Versalles (14.000)
  36. Villa Crespo (90.000)
  37. Villa del Parque (59.000)
  38. Villa Devoto (71.000)
  39. Villa Lugano (114.000)
  40. Villa Luro (33.000)
  41. Villa Mitre (36.000)
  42. Villa Ortúzar (23.000)
  43. Villa Pueyrredón (40.000)
  44. Villa Real (14.000)
  45. Villa Riachuelo (15.000)
  46. Villa Santa Rita (34.000)
  47. Villa Soldati (41.000)
  48. Villa Urquiza (89.000)

The whole Buenos Aires city had about 2.700.000 inhabitants by 2001.

[edit] Communes

Communes are parts of the city. Each commune, or comuna, encompasses one or more neighbourhoods (barrios), which are represented in the respective community centres for administrative purposes.

Communes are serially numbered. The list below lists all communes and their constituent neighbourhoods in numerical order:

Coloured Comunas with neighbourhood divisions.
Coloured Comunas with neighbourhood divisions.
  1. Puerto Madero, San Nicolás, Retiro, Monserrat, San Telmo, and Constitución
  2. Recoleta
  3. Balvanera and San Cristóbal
  4. La Boca, Barracas, Parque Patricios, and Nueva Pompeya
  5. Almagro and Boedo
  6. Caballito
  7. Flores and Parque Chacabuco
  8. Villa Soldati, Villa Lugano, and Villa Riachuelo
  9. Parque Avellaneda, Mataderos, and Liniers
  10. Villa Luro, Vélez Sársfield, Floresta, Monte Castro, Villa Real, and Versalles
  11. Villa Devoto, Villa del Parque, Villa Santa Rita, and Villa General Mitre
  12. Villa Pueyrredón, Villa Urquiza, Coghlan, and Saavedra
  13. Nuñez, Belgrano, and Colegiales
  14. Palermo
  15. 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.

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