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A tango song named "Cien barrios porteños" (transl. The 100 barrios of Buenos Aires), sung by Alberto Castillo, is sometimes invoked (informally) to support the claim that there are indeed a hundred neighbourhoods in the city. This number may be reached by including some suburbs in the tally.
The city of Buenos Aires is formally divided in 48 barrios (neighborhoods), grouped into 15 comunas (communes), which are defined as "units of decentralized political and administrative management governed by designated residents". [1]
Palermo is a barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.It is located in the north of the city, near the Río de la Plata.. It has a total land area of 17.4 km 2 and a population of 249,016. [2]
Each comuna encompasses one or more neighbourhoods (barrios), which are represented in the respective community centres for administrative purposes. [3] The division by comunas was instituted by the 1996 Constitution of the City of Buenos Aires, [4] and modified in 2005 by Law #1777. [5] The law was again modified in 2008, [6] 2011, [7] and ...
An unofficial neighborhood, Barrio Norte is roughly equivalent to the Recoleta district, though it generally refers to the portion south of Las Heras Avenue. Barrio Norte also includes northern parts of the Balvanera district, eastern parts of Palermo and the portion of Retiro west of the Nueve de Julio Avenue. Its population exceeds 200,000.
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 ...
Belgrano is a northern and barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.It is made up of middle and upper class people. Belgrano has three distinct areas: the main one that is made up of apartment buildings, Belgrano "R" which is a leafy suburb area with English architecture, and Buenos Aires' Chinatown.
Puerto Madero, also known within the urban planning community as the Puerto Madero Waterfront, is a barrio of Buenos Aires in the Central Business District.Occupying a significant portion of the Río de la Plata riverbank, it is the site for several high-rise buildings and luxurious hotels, featuring the latest architectural trends.