Buenos Aires Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Districts=== {{Main|Barrios of Buenos Aires|Communes of Buenos Aires}} The city is divided into ''[[Barrios and Communes of Buenos Aires|barrios]]'' (neighborhoods) for administrative purposes, a division originally based on Catholic ''parroquias'' (parishes).<ref name="city government">[http://www.buenosaires.gov.ar/ Government of Buenos Aires] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128063721/http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/ |date=28 January 2013 }}. Retrieved 7 August 2006.</ref> A common expression is that of the ''Cien barrios porteños'' ("One hundred ''porteño'' neighborhoods"), referring to a composition made popular in the 1940s by tango singer [[Alberto Castillo (performer)|Alberto Castillo]]; however, Buenos Aires only consists of 48 official ''barrios''. There are several subdivisions of these districts, some with a long history and others that are the product of a real estate invention. A notable example is [[Palermo, Buenos Aires|Palermo]] – the city's largest district – which has been subdivided into various ''barrios'', including [[Palermo Soho]], [[Palermo Hollywood]], [[Las Cañitas]] and [[Palermo viejo]], among others. A newer scheme has divided the city into 15 ''comunas'' (communes).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/sociedad/3-55934-2005-09-02.html |title=Buenos Aires con quince comunas |author=Pedro Lipcovich |newspaper=[[Página/12]] |date=2 September 2005 |access-date=7 August 2006 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310225158/http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/sociedad/3-55934-2005-09-02.html |archive-date=10 March 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> {| style="margin:1em auto;" | {{Buenos Aires Labelled Map|float=right}} | [[File:Comunas.svg|400px]] |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page