Gran Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires
Satellite image of Greater Buenos Aires at night
Country	Argentina
Cities	List of cities in Greater Buenos Aires
Area
• Metro	3,830 km2 (1,480 sq mi)
Population (INDEC 2010 Census[1])	12,801,365 (24 partidos, plus Federal District)
• Metro	13,641,973 (including partidos not yet conurbated)
• Metro density	3,342.39/km2 (8,656.8/sq mi)

Greater Buenos Aires (Spanish: Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area or Buenos Aires Metropolitan Region 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 conurbation of 9,910,282 inhabitants in the 24 conurbated partidos, as of 2010, and a total of 12,801,365 including the City of Buenos Aires, a third of the total population of Argentina and generating more than half of the country's GDP.

History[edit]

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.^[2] 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).

Definition[edit]

Greater Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, city and vicinities, Landsat 8 satellite image.

The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) has defined Greater Buenos Aires.^[3]
There are three main groups within the Buenos Aires' Conurbation. The first two groups (24 partidos) comprise the traditional conurbation, or the "conurbation proper". The third group of six partidos is in process of becoming fully integrated with the rest.

Fourteen fully urbanized partidos

Ten partidos partially urbanized

Six partidos not yet conurbated

As urbanization continues and the conurbation grows, six additional partially urbanized partidos now are fully connected with the conurbation:

List of cities in Greater Buenos Aires[edit]

Greater Buenos Aires Metropolitan Rail Network.

Rank	City	District	Partido	2001 Census[5]
1	Buenos Aires			2,776,138
2	Merlo		Merlo	244,168
3	Quilmes		Quilmes	230,810
4	Banfield		Lomas de Zamora	223,898
5	José Clemente Paz		José Clemente Paz	216,637
6	Lanús		Lanús	212,152
7	Gregorio de Laferrère		La Matanza	175,670
8	Hurlingham		Hurlingham	174,165
9	Berazategui		Berazategui	167,498
10	González Catán		La Matanza	163,815
11	San Miguel		San Miguel	157,532
12	Moreno		Moreno	148,290
13	San Fernando		San Fernando	145,165
14	Isidro Casanova		La Matanza	131,981
15	Bernal		Quilmes	130,790
16	Florencio Varela		Florencio Varela	120,678
17	Avellaneda		Avellaneda	112,980[6]
18	Lomas de Zamora		Lomas de Zamora	111,897
19	Temperley		Lomas de Zamora	111,160
20	Monte Grande		Esteban Echeverría	109,644
21	San Justo		La Matanza	105,274
22	Ituzaingó		Ituzaingó	104,712
23	Castelar		Morón	104,019
24	Rafael Castillo		La Matanza	103,992
25	Libertad		Merlo	100,324
26	Ramos Mejía		La Matanza	97,076
27	Ezeiza		Ezeiza	93,246
28	Morón		Morón	92,725
29	Caseros		Tres de Febrero	90,313
30	Parque San Martín		Merlo	89,073
31	Burzaco		Almirante Brown	86,113
32	Grand Bourg		Malvinas Argentinas	85,189
33	Monte Chingolo		Lanús	85,060
34	San Francisco Solano		Quilmes Almirante Brown	81,707
35	Remedios de Escalada		Lanús	81,465
36	La Tablada		La Matanza	80,389
37	Ciudad Madero		La Matanza	75,582
38	Olivos		Vicente López	75,527
39	El Palomar		Morón Tres de Febrero	74,757
40	Boulogne Sur Mer		San Isidro	73,496
41	Ciudadela		Tres de Febrero	73,155
42	Ezpeleta		Quilmes	72,557
43	Ciudad Evita		La Matanza	68,650
44	Bella Vista		San Miguel	67,936
45	Wilde		Avellaneda	65,881
46	Martínez		San Isidro	65,859
47	Don Torcuato		Tigre	64,867
48	Gerli		Avellaneda Lanús	64,640
49	Ciudad Jardín		Tres de Febrero	61,780
50	Sarandí		Avellaneda	60,752
51	Villa Tesei		Hurlingham	60,165
52	Florida		Vicente López	59,844
53	Villa Domínico		Avellaneda	58,824
54	Béccar		San Isidro	58,811
55	Glew		Almirante Brown	57,878
56	Rafael Calzada		Almirante Brown	56,419
57	Mariano Acosta		Merlo	54,081
58	Los Polvorines		Malvinas Argentinas	53,354
59	Lomas del Mirador		La Matanza	51,488
60	Villa Centenario		Lomas de Zamora	49,737
61	William Morris		Hurlingham	48,916
62	Longchamps		Almirante Brown	47,622
63	San Isidro		San Isidro	45,190
64	Villa Adelina		Vicente López	44,587
65	San José		Lomas de Zamora	44,437
66	Villa de Mayo		Malvinas Argentinas	43,405
67	General Pacheco		Tigre	43,287
68	Villa Fiorito		Lomas de Zamora	42,904
69	Paso del Rey		Moreno	41,775
70	Llavallol		Lomas de Zamora	41,463
71	Tortuguitas		Malvinas Argentinas José C. Paz	41,310
72	Claypole		Almirante Brown	41,176
73	Valentín Alsina		Lanús	41,155
74	Virreyes		San Fernando	39,507
75	Victoria		San Fernando	39,447
76	Pablo Nogués		Malvinas Argentinas	38,470
77	Haedo		Morón	38,068
78	San Antonio de Padua		Merlo	37,775
79	Munro		Vicente López	35,844
80	Villa Ballester		San Martín	35,301
81	Pontevedra		Merlo	33,515
82	Villa Udaondo		Ituzaingó	31,490
83	Villa La Florida		Quilmes	31,268
84	Tigre		Tigre	31,106
85	San Martín		San Martín	28,339
86	Adrogué		Almirante Brown	28,265
87	Tristán Suárez		Ezeiza	27,746
88	Muñiz		San Miguel	26,221
89	Villa Martelli		Vicente López	26,059
90	Villa Bosch		Tres de Febrero	24,702
91	Villa Maipú		San Martín	24,447
92	Vicente López		Vicente López	24,078
93	Don Bosco		Quilmes	20,876
94	Billinghurst		San Martín	19,138
95	Martín Coronado		Tres de Febrero	19,121
96	Villa Sarmiento		Morón	17,737
97	Ranelagh		Berazategui	15,262
98	Tapiales		La Matanza	15,148
99	Aldo Bonzi		La Matanza	13,410

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References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Buzai, G.D. and Marcos, M. (2012). "The social map of Greater Buenos Aires as empirical evidence of urban models". Journal of Latin American Geography. Volume 11 Number 1, pp. 67–78, DOI 10.1353/lag.2012.0012


• Keeling, D. (1996). Buenos Aires: Global Dreams, Local Crisis. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.