Greater Buenos Aires Explained

Gran Buenos Aires
Official Name:Greater Buenos Aires
Subdivision Type:Country
Seat Type:Core city
Seat:Buenos Aires
Population:10,865,182 (24 partidos)
Population Metro:13,985,794 (including the Federal District and 24 partidos)
Area Metro Km2:3,833
Population As Of:INDEC 2022 Census
Population Density Metro Km2:3926.1
Demographics Type1:GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
Demographics1 Title1:Year
Demographics1 Info1:2023
Demographics1 Title2:Total
Demographics1 Info2:$356.8 billion[1]
Demographics1 Title3:Per capita
Demographics1 Info3:$23,000

Greater Buenos Aires (es|Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (es|Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, AMBA),[2] refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the adjacent 24 partidos (districts) in the Province of Buenos Aires. Thus, it does not constitute a single administrative unit. The conurbation spreads south, west and north of Buenos Aires city. To the east, the River Plate serves as a natural boundary.

Urban sprawl, especially between 1945 and 1980, created a vast metropolitan area of over 3,800 km² (1,500 mi²)[3] - or 19 times the area of Buenos Aires proper. The 24 suburban partidos (counties) grew more than six-fold in population between the 1947 and 2022 censuses - or nearly 2.5% annually, compared to 1.4% for the nation as a whole.[4] [5]

While annual growth for the suburban area slowed to 0.8% between 2010 and 2022, the 14 million inhabitants in the entire 30-county area plus the City of Buenos Aires account for a third of the total population of Argentina and generate nearly half (48%) of the country's GDP.[3] Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1)

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History

The term Gran Buenos Aires ("Greater Buenos Aires") was first officially used in 1948, when Governor of Buenos Aires Province Domingo Mercante signed a bill delineating as such an area covering 14 municipalities surrounding the City of Buenos Aires.[6] The term is also related to other expressions that are not necessarily well-defined: the "Buenos Aires' conurbation" (Conurbano Bonaerense), the "Greater Buenos Aires Agglomeration" (Aglomerado Gran Buenos Aires), and the "Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires" (Área Metropolitana Buenos Aires, AMBA). In colloquial speech, people refer to the "Buenos Aires' conurbation" as the set of municipalities that surround the City of Buenos Aires, and which are mostly populated by working-class or middle-class communities.

Definition

The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) has defined Greater Buenos Aires.[7] There are three main groups within the Buenos Aires conurbation. The first two groups (24 partidos) comprise the traditional conurbation, or the "conurbation proper", while the third group of six partidos is in the process of becoming fully integrated with the rest.

Fourteen fully urbanized partidos
Ten partidos partially urbanized
Six partidos not yet conurbatedAs urbanization continues and the conurbation grows, six additional partially urbanized partidos (totaling 1,062,991 population of as the 2022 census)[5] are now fully connected with the conurbation:
RankPartidoSeat[8]
Buenos Aires 2,890,1514.13,120,6128.0
1La Matanza San Justo1,775,81641.51,837,7743.5
2Lomas de Zamora Lomas de Zamora616,2794.2694,33012.7
3Quilmes Quilmes582,94312.4636,0269.1
4Almirante Brown Adrogué552,9027.2585,8526.0
5Merlo Merlo528,49412.4580,8069.9
6Moreno Moreno452,50518.9574,37426.9
7Florencio Varela Florencio Varela426,00522.1497,81816.9
8Lanús Lanús459,2631.4462,0510.6
9General San Martín San Martín414,1962.8450,3358.7
10Tigre Tigre376,38125.0447,78519.0
11Avellaneda Avellaneda342,6774.2370,9398.2
12Tres de Febrero Caseros340,0711.1366,3777.7
13Berazategui Berazategui324,34412.6360,58211.2
14Malvinas Argentinas Los Polvorines322,37510.9351,7889.1
15Esteban Echeverría Monte Grande300,95923.4339,03012.6
16Morón Morón321,1093.8334,1784.1
17San Miguel San Miguel276,1909.1326,21518.1
18José C. Paz José C. Paz265,98115.5323,91821.8
19San Isidro San Isidro292,8780.5298,7772.0
20Vicente López Olivos269,420-1.7283,5105.2
21Ezeiza Ezeiza163,72237.8203,28324.2
22Hurlingham Hurlingham181,2415.2187,1223.2
23Ituzaingó Ituzaingó167,8246.1179,7887.1
24San Fernando San Fernando163,2408.0172,5245.7

List of cities in Greater Buenos Aires

RankCityDistrictPartido[9]
1Buenos Aires 2,776,138
2MerloMerlo244,168
3QuilmesQuilmes230,810
4BanfieldLomas de Zamora223,898
5José Clemente PazJosé Clemente Paz216,637
6LanúsLanús212,152
7Gregorio de LaferrèreLa Matanza175,670
8HurlinghamHurlingham174,165
9BerazateguiBerazategui167,498
10González CatánLa Matanza163,815
11San MiguelSan Miguel157,532
12MorenoMoreno148,290
13San FernandoSan Fernando145,165
14Isidro CasanovaLa Matanza131,981
15BernalQuilmes130,790
16Florencio VarelaFlorencio Varela120,678
17AvellanedaAvellaneda112,980[10]
18Lomas de ZamoraLomas de Zamora111,897
19TemperleyLomas de Zamora111,160
20Monte GrandeEsteban Echeverría109,644
21San JustoLa Matanza105,274
22ItuzaingóItuzaingó104,712
23CastelarMorón104,019
24Rafael CastilloLa Matanza103,992
25LibertadMerlo100,324
26Ramos MejíaLa Matanza97,076
27EzeizaEzeiza93,246
28MorónMorón92,725
29CaserosTres de Febrero90,313
30Parque San MartínMerlo89,073
31BurzacoAlmirante Brown86,113
32Grand BourgMalvinas Argentinas85,189
33Monte ChingoloLanús85,060
34San Francisco SolanoQuilmes
Almirante Brown		81,707
35Remedios de EscaladaLanús81,465
36La TabladaLa Matanza80,389
37Ciudad MaderoLa Matanza75,582
38OlivosVicente López75,527
39El PalomarMorón
Tres de Febrero		74,757
40Boulogne Sur MerSan Isidro73,496
41CiudadelaTres de Febrero73,155
42EzpeletaQuilmes72,557
43Ciudad EvitaLa Matanza68,650
44Bella VistaSan Miguel67,936
45WildeAvellaneda65,881
46MartínezSan Isidro65,859
47Don TorcuatoTigre64,867
48GerliAvellaneda
Lanús		64,640
49Ciudad JardínTres de Febrero61,780
50SarandíAvellaneda60,752
51Villa TeseiHurlingham60,165
52FloridaVicente López59,844
53Villa DomínicoAvellaneda58,824
54BéccarSan Isidro58,811
55GlewAlmirante Brown57,878
56Rafael CalzadaAlmirante Brown56,419
57Mariano AcostaMerlo54,081
58Los PolvorinesMalvinas Argentinas53,354
59Lomas del MiradorLa Matanza51,488
60Villa CentenarioLomas de Zamora49,737
61William MorrisHurlingham48,916
62LongchampsAlmirante Brown47,622
63San IsidroSan Isidro45,190
64Villa AdelinaVicente López44,587
65San JoséLomas de Zamora44,437
66Villa de MayoMalvinas Argentinas43,405
67General PachecoTigre43,287
68Villa FioritoLomas de Zamora42,904
69Paso del ReyMoreno41,775
70LlavallolLomas de Zamora41,463
71TortuguitasMalvinas Argentinas
José C. Paz		41,310
72ClaypoleAlmirante Brown41,176
73Valentín AlsinaLanús41,155
74VirreyesSan Fernando39,507
75VictoriaSan Fernando39,447
76Pablo NoguésMalvinas Argentinas38,470
77HaedoMorón38,068
78San Antonio de PaduaMerlo37,775
79MunroVicente López35,844
80Villa BallesterSan Martín35,301
81PontevedraMerlo33,515
82Villa UdaondoItuzaingó31,490
83Villa La FloridaQuilmes31,268
84TigreTigre31,106
85San MartínSan Martín28,339
86AdroguéAlmirante Brown28,265
87Tristán SuárezEzeiza27,746
88MuñizSan Miguel26,221
89Villa MartelliVicente López26,059
90Villa BoschTres de Febrero24,702
91Villa MaipúSan Martín24,447
92Vicente LópezVicente López24,078
93Don BoscoQuilmes20,876
94BillinghurstSan Martín19,138
95Martín CoronadoTres de Febrero19,121
96Villa SarmientoMorón17,737
97RanelaghBerazategui15,262
98TapialesLa Matanza15,148
99Aldo BonziLa Matanza13,410

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Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TelluBase—Argentina Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series). Tellusant. 2024-01-11.
  2. Web site: ¿Qué significa AMBA, el área más estricta con la cuarentena en Argentina?. es. La Nación. June 18, 2020. June 21, 2020.
  3. Web site: Caracterización del AMBA. Tallarico, Valeria. 2017. es.
  4. Web site: Argentina: población total por regiones y provincias. Censos Nacionales de 1914 - 2001. INDEC.
  5. Web site: Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas 2022: Resultados provisionales. INDEC.
  6. Web site: Ciudad versus área metropolitana. Notas para una historia del gran Buenos Aires. Alicia Novick & Horacio Caride. 12 March 2020.
  7. ¿Qué es el Gran Buenos Aires? . . 2003-08-01 . 2008-06-28 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080911010307/http://www.indec.mecon.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/1/folleto%20gba.pdf . 2008-09-11.
  8. Web site: Provincia de Buenos Aires, 24 partidos del Gran Buenos Aires. Población total y variación intercensal absoluta y relativa por partido. Años 2001-2010. INDEC.
  9. http://www.indec.gov.ar/ Novedades
  10. Includes Dock Sud, Piñeiro and Crucecita
  11. http://www.indec.mecon.gov.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/4/EPHcont_1trim08.pdf INDEC eph
  12. http://www.indec.mecon.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/2/estimaciones-serie34.pdf INDEC est

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