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| seat_type = Core city| seat = Buenos Airespartidos of Buenos Aires>partidos)| population_metro = 13,985,794 (including the Federal District and 24 partidos)| area_metro_km2 = 3,833| area_metro_sq_mi = | population_total = | population_note = National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina>INDEC 2022 Census| population_footnotes = | population_density_metro_km2 = 3926.1GDP>GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)| demographics1_footnotes = | demographics1_title1 = Year| demographics1_info1 = 2023| demographics1_title2 = TotalTITLE=TELLUBASE—ARGENTINA FACT SHEET (TELLUSANT PUBLIC SERVICE SERIES), 2024-01-11, | demographics1_title3 = Per capita| demographics1_info3 = $23,000}}Greater Buenos Aires (, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (, AMBA),WEB,weblink es, La Nación (Argentina), La Nación, June 18, 2020, June 21, 2020, ¿Qué significa AMBA, el área más estricta con la cuarentena en Argentina?, 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)WEB, Valrione, Mrs, 2023, Buenos Aires City Guide,weblink - 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.WEB,weblink Argentina: población total por regiones y provincias. Censos Nacionales de 1914 - 2001, INDEC, WEB,weblink Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas 2022: Resultados provisionales, INDEC, 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.Colors= ImageSize = width:600 height:auto barincrement:30PlotArea = left:40 bottom:40 top:20 right:20DateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:12000TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = lateScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:1000 start:0ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:500 start:0BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondoPlotData= TextData=

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.WEB,weblink Ciudad versus área metropolitana. Notas para una historia del gran Buenos Aires, Alicia Novick & Horacio Caride, 12 March 2020, 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

(File:Great buenos aires.png|thumbnail|Map of Greater Buenos Aires)File:Satellite image of Buenos Aires, Argentina - December 19, 2014.jpg|thumbnail|Buenos Aires, city, and vicinities, Landsat 8Landsat 8The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) has defined Greater Buenos Aires.PRESS RELEASE , 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

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• Avellaneda
• General San Martín
• Hurlingham
• Ituzaingó
• José C. Paz
• Lanús
• Lomas de Zamora
• Malvinas Argentinas
• Morón
• Quilmes
• San Isidro
• San Miguel
• Tres de Febrero
• Vicente López

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Ten partidos partially urbanized

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• Almirante Brown
• Berazategui
• Esteban Echeverría
• Ezeiza
• Florencio Varela
• La Matanza
• Merlo
• Moreno
• San Fernando
• Tigre

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Six partidos not yet conurbated

As urbanization continues and the conurbation grows, six additional partially urbanized partidos (totaling 1,062,991 population of as the 2022 census) are now fully connected with the conurbation:{{div col|colwidth=20em}}

• Escobar (256,449)
• General Rodríguez (143,211)
• Marcos Paz (67,154)
• Pilar (395,072)
• Presidente Perón (102,128)
• San Vicente (98,977)

{{div col end}}{| class="wikitable sortable"! bgcolor="#c0c0c0" | Rank! bgcolor="#c0c0c0" | Partido! bgcolor="#c0c0c0" | Seat! bgcolor="#c0c0c0" | {{small|2010 Census}}WEB,weblink Provincia de Buenos Aires, 24 partidos del Gran Buenos Aires. Población total y variación intercensal absoluta y relativa por partido. Años 2001-2010, INDEC, ! bgcolor="#c0c0c0" | {{small|% growth from2001 Census}}! bgcolor="#c0c0c0" | {{small|2022 Census}}! bgcolor="#c0c0c0" | {{small|% growth from2010 Census}}*Buenos Aires 2,890,1514.13,120,6128.0| 1La Matanza Partido>La Matanza San Justo, Buenos Aires>San Justo| 1,775,816| 41.5| 1,837,774| 3.5| 2Lomas de Zamora Partido>Lomas de Zamora | Lomas de Zamora| 616,279| 4.2| 694,330| 12.7| 3Quilmes Partido>Quilmes Quilmes, Buenos Aires>Quilmes| 582,943| 12.4| 636,026| 9.1| 4Almirante Brown Partido>Almirante Brown | Adrogué| 552,902| 7.2| 585,852| 6.0| 5Merlo Partido>Merlo Merlo, Buenos Aires>Merlo| 528,494| 12.4| 580,806| 9.9| 6Moreno Partido>Moreno Moreno, Buenos Aires>Moreno| 452,505| 18.9| 574,374| 26.9| 7Florencio Varela Partido>Florencio Varela Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires>Florencio Varela| 426,005| 22.1| 497,818| 16.9 | 8Lanús Partido>Lanús | Lanús| 459,263| 1.4| 462,051| 0.6| 9General San Martín Partido>General San Martín San Martín, Buenos Aires>San Martín| 414,196| 2.8| 450,335| 8.7| 10Tigre Partido>Tigre Tigre, Buenos Aires>Tigre| 376,381| 25.0| 447,785| 19.0| 11Avellaneda Partido>Avellaneda | Avellaneda| 342,677| 4.2| 370,939| 8.2| 12Tres de Febrero Partido>Tres de Febrero Caseros, Buenos Aires>Caseros| 340,071| 1.1| 366,377| 7.7| 13Berazategui Partido>Berazategui | Berazategui| 324,344| 12.6| 360,582| 11.2| 14Malvinas Argentinas Partido>Malvinas Argentinas | Los Polvorines| 322,375| 10.9| 351,788| 9.1| 15Esteban Echeverría Partido>Esteban Echeverría | Monte Grande| 300,959| 23.4| 339,030| 12.6| 16Morón Partido>Morón | Morón| 321,109| 3.8| 334,178| 4.1| 17San Miguel Partido>San Miguel San Miguel, Buenos Aires>San Miguel| 276,190| 9.1| 326,215| 18.1| 18José C. Paz Partido>José C. Paz José C. Paz, Buenos Aires>José C. Paz| 265,981| 15.5| 323,918| 21.8| 19San Isidro Partido>San Isidro San Isidro, Buenos Aires>San Isidro| 292,878| 0.5| 298,777| 2.0| 20Vicente López Partido>Vicente López Olivos, Buenos Aires>Olivos| 269,420| -1.7| 283,510| 5.2| 21Ezeiza Partido>Ezeiza Ezeiza, Buenos Aires>Ezeiza| 163,722| 37.8| 203,283| 24.2| 22Hurlingham Partido>Hurlingham Hurlingham, Buenos Aires>Hurlingham| 181,241| 5.2| 187,122| 3.2| 23Ituzaingó Partido>Ituzaingó Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires>Ituzaingó| 167,824| 6.1| 179,788| 7.1| 24San Fernando Partido>San Fernando San Fernando, Buenos Aires>San Fernando| 163,240| 8.0| 172,524| 5.7

List of cities in Greater Buenos Aires

{{Incomplete list|date=September 2010}}File:GREATER BA RAIL NETWORK-b.png|thumb|right|300px|Greater Buenos Aires Metropolitan Rail Network ]]{| class="wikitable sortable"! bgcolor="#c0c0c0" | Rank! bgcolor="#c0c0c0" | City! bgcolor="#c0c0c0" | District! bgcolor="#c0c0c0" | Partido! bgcolor="#c0c0c0" | {{small|2001 Census}}Novedades {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070406222046weblink |date=2007-04-06 }}, Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos1Buenos Aires {{flagicon|Buenos Aires}}2,776,138| 2Merlo, Buenos Aires>MerloBuenos Aires Province}}Merlo Partido>Merlo| 244,168| 3| QuilmesBuenos Aires Province}}Quilmes Partido>Quilmes| 230,810| 4Banfield, Buenos Aires>BanfieldBuenos Aires Province}}Lomas de Zamora Partido>Lomas de Zamora| 223,898| 5José C. Paz, Buenos Aires>José Clemente PazBuenos Aires Province}}José Clemente Paz Partido>José Clemente Paz| 216,637| 6| LanúsBuenos Aires Province}}Lanús Partido>Lanús| 212,152| 7Gregorio de Laferrère, Buenos Aires>Gregorio de LaferrèreBuenos Aires Province}}La Matanza Partido>La Matanza| 175,670| 8Hurlingham, Buenos Aires>HurlinghamBuenos Aires Province}}Hurlingham Partido>Hurlingham| 174,165| 9| BerazateguiBuenos Aires Province}}Berazategui Partido>Berazategui| 167,498| 10| González CatánBuenos Aires Province}}La Matanza Partido>La Matanza| 163,815| 11San Miguel, Buenos Aires>San MiguelBuenos Aires Province}}San Miguel Partido>San Miguel| 157,532| 12Moreno, Buenos Aires>MorenoBuenos Aires Province}}Moreno Partido>Moreno| 148,290| 13San Fernando, Buenos Aires>San FernandoBuenos Aires Province}}San Fernando Partido>San Fernando| 145,165| 14| Isidro CasanovaBuenos Aires Province}}La Matanza Partido>La Matanza| 131,981| 15Bernal, Argentina>BernalBuenos Aires Province}}Quilmes Partido>Quilmes| 130,790| 16Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires>Florencio VarelaBuenos Aires Province}}Florencio Varela Partido>Florencio Varela| 120,678|17| AvellanedaBuenos Aires Province}}Avellaneda Partido>AvellanedaDock Sud, Piñeiro, Buenos Aires>Piñeiro and Crucecita|18| Lomas de ZamoraBuenos Aires Province}}Lomas de Zamora Partido>Lomas de Zamora| 111,897| 19| TemperleyBuenos Aires Province}}Lomas de Zamora Partido>Lomas de Zamora| 111,160| 20| Monte GrandeBuenos Aires Province}}Esteban Echeverría Partido>Esteban Echeverría| 109,644| 21San Justo, Buenos Aires>San JustoBuenos Aires Province}}La Matanza Partido>La Matanza| 105,274| 22Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires>ItuzaingóBuenos Aires Province}}Ituzaingó Partido>Ituzaingó| 104,712| 23| CastelarBuenos Aires Province}}Morón Partido>Morón| 104,019| 24Rafael Castillo, Buenos Aires>Rafael CastilloBuenos Aires Province}}La Matanza Partido>La Matanza| 103,992| 25Libertad, Buenos Aires Province>LibertadBuenos Aires Province}}Merlo Partido>Merlo| 100,324| 26| Ramos MejíaBuenos Aires Province}}La Matanza Partido>La Matanza| 97,076| 27Ezeiza, Buenos Aires>EzeizaBuenos Aires Province}}Ezeiza Partido>Ezeiza| 93,246| 28Morón, Buenos Aires>MorónBuenos Aires Province}}Morón Partido>Morón| 92,725| 29Caseros, Buenos Aires>CaserosBuenos Aires Province}}Tres de Febrero Partido>Tres de Febrero| 90,313| 30Parque San Martín, Buenos Aires Province>Parque San MartínBuenos Aires Province}}Merlo Partido>Merlo| 89,073| 31| BurzacoBuenos Aires Province}}Almirante Brown Partido>Almirante Brown| 86,113| 32| Grand BourgBuenos Aires Province}}Malvinas Argentinas Partido>Malvinas Argentinas| 85,189| 33| Monte ChingoloBuenos Aires Province}}Lanús Partido>Lanús| 85,060| 34| San Francisco SolanoBuenos Aires Province}}Quilmes Partido>QuilmesAlmirante Brown| 81,707| 35| Remedios de EscaladaBuenos Aires Province}}Lanús Partido>Lanús| 81,465| 36| La TabladaBuenos Aires Province}}La Matanza Partido>La Matanza| 80,389| 37Ciudad Madero, Buenos Aires>Ciudad MaderoBuenos Aires Province}}La Matanza Partido>La Matanza| 75,582| 38Olivos, Buenos Aires Province>OlivosBuenos Aires Province}}Vicente López Partido>Vicente López| 75,527| 39El Palomar, Buenos Aires>El PalomarBuenos Aires Province}}Morón Partido>MorónTres de Febrero| 74,757| 40| Boulogne Sur MerBuenos Aires Province}}San Isidro Partido>San Isidro| 73,496| 41Ciudadela, Buenos Aires>CiudadelaBuenos Aires Province}}Tres de Febrero Partido>Tres de Febrero| 73,155| 42Ezpeleta, Buenos Aires>EzpeletaBuenos Aires Province}}Quilmes Partido>Quilmes| 72,557 | 43| Ciudad EvitaBuenos Aires Province}}La Matanza Partido>La Matanza| 68,650 | 44Bella Vista, Buenos Aires>Bella VistaBuenos Aires Province}}San Miguel Partido>San Miguel| 67,936| 45Wilde, Buenos Aires>WildeBuenos Aires Province}}Avellaneda Partido>Avellaneda| 65,881| 46Martínez, Buenos Aires>MartínezBuenos Aires Province}}San Isidro Partido>San Isidro| 65,859| 47| Don TorcuatoBuenos Aires Province}}Tigre Partido>Tigre| 64,867| 48| GerliBuenos Aires Province}}Avellaneda Partido>AvellanedaLanús| 64,640| 49Ciudad Jardín El Libertador>Ciudad JardínBuenos Aires Province}}Tres de Febrero Partido>Tres de Febrero| 61,780| 50Sarandí, Buenos Aires>SarandíBuenos Aires Province}}Avellaneda Partido>Avellaneda| 60,752| 51| Villa TeseiBuenos Aires Province}}Hurlingham Partido>Hurlingham| 60,165| 52Florida, Buenos Aires>FloridaBuenos Aires Province}}Vicente López Partido>Vicente López| 59,844| 53| Villa DomínicoBuenos Aires Province}}Avellaneda Partido>Avellaneda| 58,824| 54| BéccarBuenos Aires Province}}San Isidro Partido>San Isidro| 58,811| 55Glew, Buenos Aires>GlewBuenos Aires Province}}Almirante Brown Partido>Almirante Brown| 57,878| 56Rafael Calzada, Buenos Aires Province>Rafael CalzadaBuenos Aires Province}}Almirante Brown Partido>Almirante Brown| 56,419| 57Mariano Acosta, Buenos Aires Province>Mariano AcostaBuenos Aires Province}}Merlo Partido>Merlo| 54,081| 58| Los PolvorinesBuenos Aires Province}}Malvinas Argentinas Partido>Malvinas Argentinas| 53,354| 59| Lomas del MiradorBuenos Aires Province}}La Matanza Partido>La Matanza| 51,488| 60| Villa CentenarioBuenos Aires Province}}Lomas de Zamora Partido>Lomas de Zamora| 49,737| 61William C. Morris, Buenos Aires>William MorrisBuenos Aires Province}}Hurlingham Partido>Hurlingham| 48,916| 62Longchamps, Buenos Aires>LongchampsBuenos Aires Province}}Almirante Brown Partido>Almirante Brown| 47,622| 63San Isidro, Buenos Aires>San IsidroBuenos Aires Province}}San Isidro Partido>San Isidro| 45,190| 64| Villa AdelinaBuenos Aires Province}}Vicente López Partido>Vicente López| 44,587| 65San José, Buenos Aires>San JoséBuenos Aires Province}}Lomas de Zamora Partido>Lomas de Zamora| 44,437| 66| Villa de MayoBuenos Aires Province}}Malvinas Argentinas Partido>Malvinas Argentinas| 43,405| 67| General PachecoBuenos Aires Province}}Tigre Partido>Tigre| 43,287| 68| Villa FioritoBuenos Aires Province}}Lomas de Zamora Partido>Lomas de Zamora| 42,904| 69| Paso del ReyBuenos Aires Province}}Moreno Partido>Moreno| 41,775| 70| LlavallolBuenos Aires Province}}Lomas de Zamora Partido>Lomas de Zamora| 41,463| 71| TortuguitasBuenos Aires Province}}Malvinas Argentinas Partido>Malvinas ArgentinasJosé C. Paz| 41,310| 72Claypole, Buenos Aires>ClaypoleBuenos Aires Province}}Almirante Brown Partido>Almirante Brown| 41,176| 73Valentín Alsina, Buenos Aires>Valentín AlsinaBuenos Aires Province}}Lanús Partido>Lanús| 41,155| 74Virreyes, Buenos Aires>VirreyesBuenos Aires Province}}San Fernando Partido>San Fernando| 39,507| 75Victoria, Buenos Aires>VictoriaBuenos Aires Province}}San Fernando Partido>San Fernando| 39,447| 76Ingeniero Pablo Nogués>Pablo NoguésBuenos Aires Province}}Malvinas Argentinas Partido>Malvinas Argentinas| 38,470| 77Haedo, Buenos Aires Province>HaedoBuenos Aires Province}}Morón Partido>Morón| 38,068| 78| San Antonio de PaduaBuenos Aires Province}}Merlo Partido>Merlo| 37,775| 79Munro, Buenos Aires>MunroBuenos Aires Province}}Vicente López Partido>Vicente López| 35,844| 80| Villa BallesterBuenos Aires Province}}General San Martín Partido>San Martín| 35,301| 81Pontevedra, Buenos Aires Province>PontevedraBuenos Aires Province}}Merlo Partido>Merlo| 33,515| 82| Villa UdaondoBuenos Aires Province}}Ituzaingó Partido>Ituzaingó| 31,490| 83| Villa La FloridaBuenos Aires Province}}Quilmes Partido>Quilmes| 31,268| 84Tigre, Buenos Aires>TigreBuenos Aires Province}}Tigre Partido>Tigre| 31,106| 85San Martín, Buenos Aires>San MartínBuenos Aires Province}}General San Martín Partido>San Martín| 28,339| 86| AdroguéBuenos Aires Province}}Almirante Brown Partido>Almirante Brown| 28,265| 87| Tristán SuárezBuenos Aires Province}}Ezeiza Partido>Ezeiza| 27,746| 88Muñiz, Buenos Aires>MuñizBuenos Aires Province}}San Miguel Partido>San Miguel| 26,221| 89| Villa MartelliBuenos Aires Province}}Vicente López Partido>Vicente López| 26,059| 90| Villa BoschBuenos Aires Province}}Tres de Febrero Partido>Tres de Febrero| 24,702| 91| Villa MaipúBuenos Aires Province}}General San Martín Partido>San Martín| 24,447| 92Vicente López, Buenos Aires>Vicente LópezBuenos Aires Province}}Vicente López Partido>Vicente López| 24,078| 93Don Bosco, Buenos Aires>Don BoscoBuenos Aires Province}}Quilmes Partido>Quilmes| 20,876| 94| BillinghurstBuenos Aires Province}}General San Martín Partido>San Martín| 19,138| 95Martín Coronado, Buenos Aires>Martín CoronadoBuenos Aires Province}}Tres de Febrero Partido>Tres de Febrero| 19,121| 96| Villa SarmientoBuenos Aires Province}}Morón Partido>Morón| 17,737| 97Ranelagh, Buenos Aires>RanelaghBuenos Aires Province}}Berazategui Partido>Berazategui| 15,262| 98| TapialesBuenos Aires Province}}La Matanza Partido>La Matanza| 15,148| 99| Aldo BonziBuenos Aires Province}}La Matanza Partido>La Matanza| 13,410INDEC eph {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904213646weblink |date=2011-09-04 }}INDEC est {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409210017weblink |date=2014-04-09 }}

Gallery

File:Centro_de_Berazategui.JPG|BerazateguiFile:Ciudad Evita.JPG|Ciudad Evita (La Matanza Partido)File:Peatonal Florencio Varela 1.jpg|Florencio VarelaFile:Viacivitanovamarche.JPG|General San MartínFile:Iglesia Inmaculada concepción....jpg|Monte Grande (Esteban Echeverría Partido)File:Provincia de Buenos Aires - Vicente López - Avenida Maipú.jpg|Olivos (Vicente López Partido)File:Quilmes001bis.jpg|QuilmesFile:Parque junto al Museo de Arte Tigre.jpg|TigreFile:Ruta_Panamericana_Buenos Aires_Florida.jpg|Pan-American Expressway, north of Buenos Aires

References

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Further reading

• 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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