Marcos Paz Partido
district in Buenos Aires Province in Argentina
Marcos Paz is a partido in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires. Its capital city is Marcos Paz.
Established on 25 October 1878 (provincial law 1244), Marcos Paz is at the eastern border of Greater Buenos Aires with the rest of the province, although in an administrative sense, it is not considered part of the metropolitan area.
According to the 2001 INDEC National Census, the partido has 43,400 inhabitants, and a population density of 92.34 inhabitants per square kilometre (239.2/sq mi). Marcos Paz's mayor is Ricardo Pedro Curuchet, of the local Partido Vecinalista.
Name
The town of Marcos Paz, which gives its name to the partido, gradually built up around a train station, Estación Coronel Doctor Marcos Paz. The station was named after Coronel Doctor Marcos Paz, an Argentine politician and vice president to Bartolomé Mitre in 1862.
“Marcos Paz Partido” enters the record as district in Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Marcos, Partido and district can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Marcos Paz Partido” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Marcos, Partido and district provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2622327. Authority coordinates are -34.767, -58.833. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1878, 1244, 2001 and 1862.
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