San Andrés de Giles Partido

San Andrés de Giles Partido de San Andrés de Giles
Department
location of San Andres de Giles Partido in Buenos Aires Province
Coordinates: 34°26′S 59°26′W / 34.433°S 59.433°W / -34.433; -59.433
Country	Argentina
Established	November 30, 1806
Founded by	Presbítero Vicente Piñero
Seat	San Andrés de Giles
Government
• Mayor	Carlos Puglelli , UNA
Area
• Total	1,135 km2 (438 sq mi)
Population
• Total	23,027
• Density	20/km2 (53/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	gilense
Postal Code	B6720
IFAM	BUE111
Area Code	02325
Patron saint	San Andrés Apóstol

San Andres de Giles Partido is a partido of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. The capital of the partido is San Andrés de Giles, 103 kilometres (64 mi) west of Buenos Aires and 170 kilometres (110 mi) west of the provincial capital La Plata. The provincial subdivision has a population of 20,829 inhabitants (2001) in an area of 1,132 square kilometres (437 sq mi).

It is borderd by Exaltación de la Cruz in the northeast, Mercedes in the south, Luján in the southeast, Suipacha in the southeast, Carmen de Areco in the east and San Antonio de Areco in the northeast.

Places

Cities and town

• San Andrés de Giles (partido seat), (population: 13941)
• Solís, (population: 864)
• Villa Ruiz (population: 465)
• Cucullu (population: 435)
• Azcuénaga (population: 357)
• Villa Espil (population: 167)
• Franklin (population: 71)

Other settlements

• Espora
• Heavy
• Tuyutí
• La Florida
• San Alberto
• Barrio El Candil
• La Rosada
• Km 108
• Km 125 Paraje El Cóndor

External links

• www.san-andres-degiles.com.ar - History and Images of the city San Andrés de Giles (in Spanish)
• San Andrés de Giles Partido at the Ministry of the Interior (in Spanish)
• Official webpage of the municipality of San Andrés de Giles (in Spanish)