Leandro N. Alem Partido

Leandro N. Alem
Partido de Leandro Nicéforo Alem
Department
location of Leandro Alem in Buenos Aires Province
location of Leandro Alem in Buenos Aires Province
Coordinates: 34°30′S 61°29′W / 34.500°S 61.483°W / -34.500; -61.483
CountryArgentina
EstablishedOctober 8, 1918
Founded byprovincial law 3665
SeatVedia
Government
 • MayorAlberto Conocchiari (UCR)
Area
 • Total
1,603 km2 (619 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
16,358
 • Density10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Demonymalemense
Postal Code
B6030
IFAM
BUE070
Area Code02354

Leandro N. Alem Partido is a partido in the north of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 16,000 inhabitants in an area of 1,603 km2 (619 sq mi), and its capital city is Vedia, which is 329 km (204 mi) from Buenos Aires.

Name

The Partido is named in honour of Leandro Nicéforo Alem, an Argentine politician, founder of the Radical Civic Union political party, and mentor to Hipólito Yrigoyen, who became President of Argentina.

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