Nueve de Julio Partido

Department in Argentina

Nueve de Julio Partido de Nueve de Julio
Department

location of 9 de Julio in Buenos Aires Province
Coordinates: 35°26′38.4″S 60°53′04.5″W / 35.444000°S 60.884583°W / -35.444000; -60.884583
Country	Argentina
Established	July 9, 1865
Founded by	Julio de Vedia
Seat	9 de Julio
Government
• Mayor	Mariano Edmundo Barroso (Juntos por el Cambio - PRO)
Area
• Total	4,230 km² (1,630 sq mi)
Population
• Total	45,998
• Density	11/km² (28/sq mi)
Demonym	nuevejuliense
Postal Code	B6500
IFAM	BUE089
Area Code	02317
Patron saint	?
Website	9dejulio.gov.ar

Nueve de Julio Partido (9 of July) is a partido in the central north of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 46,000 inhabitants in an area of 4,230 km² (1,630 sq mi), and its capital city is 9 de Julio, which is around 262 km (163 mi) from Buenos Aires.

Name

The name 9 de Julio was inspired by July 9, 1816, Argentine Independence Day, the date that Argentina gained its independence from the Spanish Empire.