Greater Buenos Aires (Spanish: Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (Spanish: Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, AMBA),[3] 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)[4] - 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.[5][1]
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.[4]
The term Gran Buenos Aires ("Greater Buenos Aires") was first officially used in 1948, when Governor of Buenos Aires ProvinceDomingo 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.
Definitionedit
Map of Greater Buenos AiresBuenos Aires, city, and vicinities, Landsat 8 satellite image
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.
As urbanization continues and the conurbation grows, six additional partially urbanized partidos (totaling 1,062,991 population of as the 2022 census)[1] are now fully connected with the conurbation:
^ ab"Provincia de Buenos Aires, 24 partidos del Gran Buenos Aires. Población total y variación intercensal absoluta y relativa por partido. Años 2001-2010" (PDF). INDEC.
^Novedades 2007-04-06 at the Wayback Machine, Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos
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.
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Not to be confused with the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires the core city of Greater Buenos Aires Greater Buenos Aires Spanish Gran Buenos Aires GBA also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area Spanish Area Metropolitana de Buenos Aires AMBA 3 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 Gran Buenos AiresGreater Buenos AiresSatellite image of Greater Buenos Aires at nightCountry ArgentinaCore cityBuenos AiresArea Metro3 833 km2 1 480 sq mi Population INDEC 2022 Census 1 10 865 182 24 partidos 1 Metro13 985 794 including the Federal District and 24 partidos 1 Metro density3 926 1 km2 10 169 sq mi GDP PPP constant 2015 values Year2023 Total 356 8 billion 2 Per capita 23 000Urban sprawl especially between 1945 and 1980 created a vast metropolitan area of over 3 800 km 1 500 mi 4 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 5 1 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 4 Contents 1 History 2 Definition 3 List of cities in Greater Buenos Aires 4 Gallery 5 References 6 Further readingHistory editThe 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 Area 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 edit nbsp Map of Greater Buenos Aires nbsp Buenos Aires city and vicinities Landsat 8 satellite imageThe 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 partidosAvellaneda General San Martin Hurlingham Ituzaingo Jose C Paz Lanus Lomas de Zamora Malvinas Argentinas Moron Quilmes San Isidro San Miguel Tres de Febrero Vicente Lopez Ten partidos partially urbanizedAlmirante Brown Berazategui Esteban Echeverria Ezeiza Florencio Varela La Matanza Merlo Moreno San Fernando Tigre 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 1 are now fully connected with the conurbation Escobar 256 449 General Rodriguez 143 211 Marcos Paz 67 154 Pilar 395 072 Presidente Peron 102 128 San Vicente 98 977 Rank Partido Seat 2010 Census 8 growth from2001 Census 8 2022 Census 1 growth from2010 Census 1 Buenos Aires 2 890 151 4 1 3 120 612 8 01 La Matanza San Justo 1 775 816 41 5 1 837 774 3 52 Lomas de Zamora Lomas de Zamora 616 279 4 2 694 330 12 73 Quilmes Quilmes 582 943 12 4 636 026 9 14 Almirante Brown Adrogue 552 902 7 2 585 852 6 05 Merlo Merlo 528 494 12 4 580 806 9 96 Moreno Moreno 452 505 18 9 574 374 26 97 Florencio Varela Florencio Varela 426 005 22 1 497 818 16 98 Lanus Lanus 459 263 1 4 462 051 0 69 General San Martin San Martin 414 196 2 8 450 335 8 710 Tigre Tigre 376 381 25 0 447 785 19 011 Avellaneda Avellaneda 342 677 4 2 370 939 8 212 Tres de Febrero Caseros 340 071 1 1 366 377 7 713 Berazategui Berazategui 324 344 12 6 360 582 11 214 Malvinas Argentinas Los Polvorines 322 375 10 9 351 788 9 115 Esteban Echeverria Monte Grande 300 959 23 4 339 030 12 616 Moron Moron 321 109 3 8 334 178 4 117 San Miguel San Miguel 276 190 9 1 326 215 18 118 Jose C Paz Jose C Paz 265 981 15 5 323 918 21 819 San Isidro San Isidro 292 878 0 5 298 777 2 020 Vicente Lopez Olivos 269 420 1 7 283 510 5 221 Ezeiza Ezeiza 163 722 37 8 203 283 24 222 Hurlingham Hurlingham 181 241 5 2 187 122 3 223 Ituzaingo Ituzaingo 167 824 6 1 179 788 7 124 San Fernando San Fernando 163 240 8 0 172 524 5 7List of cities in Greater Buenos Aires editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items September 2010 nbsp Greater Buenos Aires Metropolitan Rail NetworkRank City District Partido 2001 Census 9 1 Buenos Aires nbsp 2 776 1382 Merlo nbsp Merlo 244 1683 Quilmes nbsp Quilmes 230 8104 Banfield nbsp Lomas de Zamora 223 8985 Jose Clemente Paz nbsp Jose Clemente Paz 216 6376 Lanus nbsp Lanus 212 1527 Gregorio de Laferrere nbsp La Matanza 175 6708 Hurlingham nbsp Hurlingham 174 1659 Berazategui nbsp Berazategui 167 49810 Gonzalez Catan nbsp La Matanza 163 81511 San Miguel nbsp San Miguel 157 53212 Moreno nbsp Moreno 148 29013 San Fernando nbsp San Fernando 145 16514 Isidro Casanova nbsp La Matanza 131 98115 Bernal nbsp Quilmes 130 79016 Florencio Varela nbsp Florencio Varela 120 67817 Avellaneda nbsp Avellaneda 112 980 10 18 Lomas de Zamora nbsp Lomas de Zamora 111 89719 Temperley nbsp Lomas de Zamora 111 16020 Monte Grande nbsp Esteban Echeverria 109 64421 San Justo nbsp La Matanza 105 27422 Ituzaingo nbsp Ituzaingo 104 71223 Castelar nbsp Moron 104 01924 Rafael Castillo nbsp La Matanza 103 99225 Libertad nbsp Merlo 100 32426 Ramos Mejia nbsp La Matanza 97 07627 Ezeiza nbsp Ezeiza 93 24628 Moron nbsp Moron 92 72529 Caseros nbsp Tres de Febrero 90 31330 Parque San Martin nbsp Merlo 89 07331 Burzaco nbsp Almirante Brown 86 11332 Grand Bourg nbsp Malvinas Argentinas 85 18933 Monte Chingolo nbsp Lanus 85 06034 San Francisco Solano nbsp QuilmesAlmirante Brown 81 70735 Remedios de Escalada nbsp Lanus 81 46536 La Tablada nbsp La Matanza 80 38937 Ciudad Madero nbsp La Matanza 75 58238 Olivos nbsp Vicente Lopez 75 52739 El Palomar nbsp MoronTres de Febrero 74 75740 Boulogne Sur Mer nbsp San Isidro 73 49641 Ciudadela nbsp Tres de Febrero 73 15542 Ezpeleta nbsp Quilmes 72 55743 Ciudad Evita nbsp La Matanza 68 65044 Bella Vista nbsp San Miguel 67 93645 Wilde nbsp Avellaneda 65 88146 Martinez nbsp San Isidro 65 85947 Don Torcuato nbsp Tigre 64 86748 Gerli nbsp AvellanedaLanus 64 64049 Ciudad Jardin nbsp Tres de Febrero 61 78050 Sarandi nbsp Avellaneda 60 75251 Villa Tesei nbsp Hurlingham 60 16552 Florida nbsp Vicente Lopez 59 84453 Villa Dominico nbsp Avellaneda 58 82454 Beccar nbsp San Isidro 58 81155 Glew nbsp Almirante Brown 57 87856 Rafael Calzada nbsp Almirante Brown 56 41957 Mariano Acosta nbsp Merlo 54 08158 Los Polvorines nbsp Malvinas Argentinas 53 35459 Lomas del Mirador nbsp La Matanza 51 48860 Villa Centenario nbsp Lomas de Zamora 49 73761 William Morris nbsp Hurlingham 48 91662 Longchamps nbsp Almirante Brown 47 62263 San Isidro nbsp San Isidro 45 19064 Villa Adelina nbsp Vicente Lopez 44 58765 San Jose nbsp Lomas de Zamora 44 43766 Villa de Mayo nbsp Malvinas Argentinas 43 40567 General Pacheco nbsp Tigre 43 28768 Villa Fiorito nbsp Lomas de Zamora 42 90469 Paso del Rey nbsp Moreno 41 77570 Llavallol nbsp Lomas de Zamora 41 46371 Tortuguitas nbsp Malvinas ArgentinasJose C Paz 41 31072 Claypole nbsp Almirante Brown 41 17673 Valentin Alsina nbsp Lanus 41 15574 Virreyes nbsp San Fernando 39 50775 Victoria nbsp San Fernando 39 44776 Pablo Nogues nbsp Malvinas Argentinas 38 47077 Haedo nbsp Moron 38 06878 San Antonio de Padua nbsp Merlo 37 77579 Munro nbsp Vicente Lopez 35 84480 Villa Ballester nbsp San Martin 35 30181 Pontevedra nbsp Merlo 33 51582 Villa Udaondo nbsp Ituzaingo 31 49083 Villa La Florida nbsp Quilmes 31 26884 Tigre nbsp Tigre 31 10685 San Martin nbsp San Martin 28 33986 Adrogue nbsp Almirante Brown 28 26587 Tristan Suarez nbsp Ezeiza 27 74688 Muniz nbsp San Miguel 26 22189 Villa Martelli nbsp Vicente Lopez 26 05990 Villa Bosch nbsp Tres de Febrero 24 70291 Villa Maipu nbsp San Martin 24 44792 Vicente Lopez nbsp Vicente Lopez 24 07893 Don Bosco nbsp Quilmes 20 87694 Billinghurst nbsp San Martin 19 13895 Martin Coronado nbsp Tres de Febrero 19 12196 Villa Sarmiento nbsp Moron 17 73797 Ranelagh nbsp Berazategui 15 26298 Tapiales nbsp La Matanza 15 14899 Aldo Bonzi nbsp La Matanza 13 410 11 12 Gallery edit nbsp Berazategui nbsp Ciudad Evita La Matanza Partido nbsp Florencio Varela nbsp General San Martin nbsp Monte Grande Esteban Echeverria Partido nbsp Olivos Vicente Lopez Partido nbsp Quilmes nbsp Tigre nbsp Pan American Expressway north of Buenos AiresReferences edit a b c d e f g Censo Nacional de Poblacion Hogares y Viviendas 2022 Resultados provisionales PDF INDEC TelluBase Argentina Fact Sheet Tellusant Public Service Series PDF Tellusant Retrieved 2024 01 11 Que significa AMBA el area mas estricta con la cuarentena en Argentina La Nacion in Spanish June 18 2020 Retrieved June 21 2020 a b Valrione Mrs 2023 Buenos Aires City Guide Argentina poblacion total por regiones y provincias Censos Nacionales de 1914 2001 PDF INDEC Alicia Novick amp Horacio Caride 12 March 2020 Ciudad versus area metropolitana Notas para una historia del gran Buenos Aires Que es el Gran Buenos Aires PDF Press release in Spanish National Institute of Statistics and Censuses 2003 08 01 Archived from the original PDF on 2008 09 11 Retrieved 2008 06 28 a b Provincia de Buenos Aires 24 partidos del Gran Buenos Aires Poblacion total y variacion intercensal absoluta y relativa por partido Anos 2001 2010 PDF INDEC Novedades Archived 2007 04 06 at the Wayback Machine Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos Includes Dock Sud Pineiro and Crucecita INDEC eph Archived 2011 09 04 at the Wayback Machine INDEC est Archived 2014 04 09 at the Wayback MachineFurther reading editBuzai 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 amp Sons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Greater Buenos Aires amp oldid 1216623154, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
