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Partidos (counties) of Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires.
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San Fernando

county, Argentina
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San Fernando, cabecera (county seat) and partido (county) of northeastern Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires, Argentina. It lies north of the city of Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires provincia (province), on the Río de la Plata estuary. Colonization of the area began with the second and permanent founding of Buenos Aires (1580). During that period the region was known as Costa de Monte Grande. In 1780 the parish of Nuestra Señora del Puerto de Las Conchas...

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