San Isidro Partido

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San Isidro

Official name

Partido de San Isidro

Capital

San Isidro

Country
Province

Argentina
Buenos Aires

Foundation
Founder

1784
Domingo de Acassuso

Population:

- Total

291,505

- Density

Inhabitants/km²

- Population change

(1991-2001)

Demonym

sanisidrense

Telephone code

011

Post Code

B1642

Location

- Coordinates

34°28′S, 58°30′W

Area

51.44 km² (19.9 sq mi)

Distance:

- to Buenos Aires

21 km (13 mi)

- to La Plata

71 km (44 mi)

Patron Saint

San Isidro Labrador

Mayor

Gustavo Posse, Partido Vecinal

Web Site

http://www.sanisidro.gov.ar

IFAM Statistics

IFAM

San Isidro is a partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina found in the north of Greater Buenos Aires. Its capital is the city of San Isidro. It is 21 km (13 mi) from the city of Buenos Aires.

The founder of San Isidro city was Domingo de Acassuso, who built a cathedral in 1706 dedicated to San Isidro Labrador, having seen him in a dream. Other towns in the municipality are Acassuso, Beccar, Boulougne, Martínez, and Villa Adelina.

The area of the partido is 51.44 km² (19.9 sq mi). In 2001 there were 293,000 inhabitants, representing 0.8% of the population of Argentina. San Isidro borders on the partidos of Tigre, Vicente López, San Martín and San Fernando.

Famed all over Argentina for its beautiful houses and affluent neighbourhoods, the partido has also traditionally been home to Buenos Aires's high and middle high classes. Nevertheless, there are numerous working-class quarters, and even large shanty towns (villas miseria) like Villa La Cava in Beccar, interspersed mostly west of the Avenida Centenario/Santa Fe thoroughfare, especially in the Beccar and Boulogne districts.

1 Cathedral
2 Sports
3 Districts
4 External links
5 News Webpage

[edit] Cathedral

Catedral de San Isidro.

The San Isidro cathedral (Catedral de San Isidro in Spanish) was completed on July 14, 1898. Constructed in neogothic style, it stands 68 m (223 ft) tall. It is located opposite Plaza Mitre in San Isidro's historic quarter.

[edit] Sports

[edit] Football

San Isidro is home to Club Atlético Acassuso, a football club that currently plays in the regionalised 3th Division.

[edit] Horse racing

San Isidro is home to a historically prominent Jockey Club, that runs San Isidro's world-class race track, the Hipódromo de San Isidro.

[edit] Rugby

San Isidro is the national capital of Rugby and home to two of the most important rugby clubs in the country - SIC (San Isidro Club) and CASI (Club Atlético San Isidro).