Map of Buenos Aires and its comunas
Map of Buenos Aires and its comunas.
The city of Buenos Aires is administratively divided into fifteen comunas, unlike the rest of Argentina where the second order administrative division are departamentos, or the Province of Buenos Aires which is subdivided into partidos. Each comuna (commune) of the city encompasses one or more neighbourhoods (barrios), which are represented in the respective community centres for administrative purposes.
The division by comuna was instituted by the 1996 Constitution of the City of Buenos Aires and modified in 2005 by Law #1777. The law was again modified in 2008, 2011, and 2013 Map 29 July 2010.
The city of Buenos Aires is administratively divided into fifteen comunas, unlike the rest of Argentina where the second order administrative division are departamentos, or the Province of Buenos Aires which is subdivided into partidos. Each comuna (commune) of the city encompasses one or more neighbourhoods (barrios), which are represented in the respective community centres for administrative purposes.
The division by comuna was instituted by the 1996 Constitution of the City of Buenos Aires and modified in 2005 by Law #1777. The law was again modified in 2008, 2011, and 2013 Map 29 July 2010.
| Comuna | Population (2010) | Area (km²) | Neighbourhoods |
| 1 | 205,886 | 17,4 | Retiro, San Nicolás, Puerto Madero, San Telmo, Monserrat and Constitución |
| 2 | 157,932 | 6,1 | Recoleta |
| 3 | 187,537 | 6,4 | San Cristóbal and Balvanera |
| 4 | 218,245 | 21,6 | Boca, Barracas, Parque Patricios and Nueva Pompeya |
| 5 | 179,005 | 6,7 | Almagro and Boedo |
| 6 | 176,076 | 6,8 | Caballito |
| 7 | 220,591 | 12,4 | Flores and Parque Chacabuco |
| 8 | 187,237 | 21,9 | Villa Soldati, Villa Riachuelo and Villa Lugano |
| 9 | 161,797 | 16,8 | Parque Avellaneda, Liniers and Mataderos |
| 10 | 166,022 | 12,7 | Villa Real, Monte Castro, Versalles, Floresta, Vélez Sársfield and Villa Luro |
| 11 | 189,832 | 14,1 | Villa Gral. Mitre, Villa Devoto, Villa del Parque and Villa Santa Rita |
| 12 | 200,116 | 15,6 | Coghlan, Saavedra, Villa Urquiza and Villa Pueyrredón |
| 13 | 231,331 | 14,6 | Belgrano, Núñez and Colegiales |
| 14 | 225,970 | 15,8 | Palermo |
| 15 | 182,574 | 14,3 | Chacarita, Villa Crespo, Paternal, Villa Ortúzar, Agronomía and Parque Chas |