Vicente López is a partido in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area , Buenos Aires Province , Argentina . It is one of the country´s most affluent municipalities.
5-727: Carapachay is a town located in Vicente López Partido in Argentina . It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires agglomeration. In 1909 the Ferrocarril Central Córdoba, which subsequently became the Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano , crossed the territory that was to become Carapachay. In 1943 the first train stopped at Parada Km 18 , which was renamed Estación Carapachay in 1946. In 1949
10-627: A total estimated population of 269,420. Its 33 km² makes Vicente López the smallest partido in the Buenos Aires Province and the second smallest municipality in Argentina. Vicente López is renowned for its expansive residential neighborhoods, the Argentine presidential residence , and its coastal park along the Río de la Plata . In October 2023, Vicente López was named a UNESCO City of Film and joined
15-556: The UNESCO Creative Cities Network . The partido's name honors Vicente López y Planes , an Argentine writer and politician, author of the lyrics of the Argentine National Anthem, governor of Buenos Aires province (after the fall of Juan Manuel de Rosas ) and then President of Argentina succeeding Bernardino Rivadavia . López y Planes also composed El Triunfo Argentino , an ode to the resistance during
20-664: The English invasion of Buenos Aires. At the beginning it was going to be called "Olivos", currently the name of the most important district of Vicente López. The partido is bordered by the city of Buenos Aires to the South, General San Martín Partido to the West, San Isidro Partido at the North and Río de la Plata to the East. Vicente López is the 8th most populated partido of Greater Buenos Aires . Most of
25-518: The district was officially founded, and in 1964 the name Carapachay was officially recognised. This article about a place in Buenos Aires Province , Argentina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Vicente L%C3%B3pez Partido Vicente López is located 20 kilometers north of downtown Buenos Aires and 80 kilometers north of the city of La Plata , the provincial capital. The partido incorporates several smaller neighborhoods, including Olivos , Florida and La Lucila with
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