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San Isidro is a partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina found in the north of Greater Buenos Aires. Its capital is San Isidro. It is 20km from the City of Buenos Aires.
The founder of San Isidro city was Domingo de Acassuso, who built a cathedral dedicated to San Isidro Labrador, having seen him in a dream. Other towns in the municipality are Martínez, Acassuso, Boulogne and Beccar.
The area of the partido is 51,44 km². In 2001 there were 293,000 inhabitants, representing 0.8% of the population of Argentina. San Isidro borders on the partidos of Tigre, Vicente López, San Martín y San Fernando. Until March 2004, the Mayor was Gustavo Posse.
Amongst its many sporting institutions, it is worth noting two of the most important rugby clubs in the country - SIC (San Isidro Club) and CASI (Club Atlético San Isidro). There are also sailing clubs on the Rio de la Plata.
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