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A '''''partido''''' is an administrative subdivision of the {{province|Buenos Aires|Argentina}}. A ''partido'' is formally a single [[municipality]], though it usually comprises one or more population centers (towns and cities).
All the other [[provinces of Argentina]] call their first-level subdivisions ''departamento'' (see [[Departments of Argentina]]), which are further subdivided into distinct municipalities.
==History==
By the end of XVII century the municipal council of [[Buenos Aires]] or [[cabildo (council)|cabildo]] established the first partidos in the countryside: San Isidro del Pago de la Costa ([[San Isidro Partido|San Isidro]]) in 1779 and [[San Vicente Partido|San Vicente]], [[Quilmes Partido|Quilmes]], [[Magdalena Partido|Magdalena]], [[La Matanza Partido|La Matanza]], Cañada de Morón ([[Morón Partido|Morón]]), Las Conchas ([[Tigre Partido|Tigre]]) and [[San Pedro Partido|San Pedro]] in 1784.
At the head of every partido the cabildo appointed a rural judge called ''Alcalde de la Santa Hermandad''.
The judge or alcalde (from [[Arabic]] ''[[qadi|al-qadi]]'' ( قاضي,), meaning "the judge") had the mission to maintain the law and order in the surrounding rural area of Buenos Aires, fighting against [[cattle raiding|cattle raiders]]. The alcalde was helped by a [[constabulary]] called ''Santa Hermandad'' (in [[English language|English]], Holy Brotherhood) created in the late XV century by the [[Catholic Monarchs]] and transplanted to the colonies.
In 1821 the Governor [[Martín Rodríguez]] and his minister [[Bernardino Rivadavia]] dissolved the cabildo and since then was the governor itself who appointed the judge, now called ''Juez de Paz'' (in English, Justice of Peace).
In 1856 the office of Juez de Paz was replaced by a ''Presidente de la Municipalidad'' or Municipal President. It was appointed by the Governor from a list of three candidates presented by the ''Municipales'' or [[Councillors]], who were elected by the citizens of the different partidos.
Since 1890 the head of the government is called ''Intendente'' or [[Mayor]] and it is directly elected by the citizens.
On October 24 1864 the Legislature of the Province of Buenos Aires sanctioned law № 422 dividing the province into 45 partidos: Arrecifes, Baradero, Barrancas al Sud (Avellaneda), Belgrano ([[Belgrano, Buenos Aires|Barrio Belgrano]]), Cañuelas, Carmen de Areco, Chacabuco, Chascomús, Chivilcoy, del Pilar, Ensenada, Exaltación de la Cruz, General las Heras, General San Martín, Giles, Junín , Matanza, Las Conchas (Tigre), Lobos, Lomas de Zamora, Luján, Magdalena, Mercedes, Merlo, Monte, Moreno, Morón, Navarro, Pergamino, Quilmes, Ramallo, Ranchos, Rivadavia, Rojas, Salto, San Antonio, San Fernando, San Isidro, San José de Flores ([[Flores, Buenos Aires|Barrio Flores]]), San Nicolás, San Pedro, San Vicente, Suipacha, Viedma and Zárate.
==Government==
Every partido is administrated by a municipality. It is divided in an executive and a legislative branch: the [[mayor]] or ''intendente'' and the [[city council]] or ''consejo deliberante'', respectively. The municipality is a [[strong mayor]]-council form of government.
The mayor is elected to four-year terms and can be reelected indefinitely.
The City Council is a unicameral body consisting and one-half of the members are elected every two years to serve four-year term.
The mayor and councilors can be reelected indefinitely.
The number of councillors depends on the population of every partido.
According to decret-law 6769/58 the number of councillors varies as follows:
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-left:3px; text-size:80%; text-align:left"
|-
! scope"col" | Population
! scope"col" | Councillors
|-
|at most 5,000||align=center|6
|-
|5,000-10,000||align=center|10
|-
|10,000-20,000||align=center|12
|-
|20,000-30,000||align=center|14
|-
|30,000-40,000||align=center|16
|-
|40,000-80,000||align=center|18
|-
|80,000-200,000||align=center|20
|-
|more than 200,000||align=center|24
|-
|}
==See also==
* [http://www.gba.gov.ar/ Gobierno de Buenos Aires] - Official website of the government of Buenos Aires.
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[[Category:Subdivisions of Argentina]]
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