Leandro N. Alem Partido

Department in Argentina

Leandro N. Alem Partido de Leandro Nicéforo Alem
Department
location of Leandro Alem in Buenos Aires Province
Coordinates: 34°30′S 61°29′W / 34.500°S 61.483°W / -34.500; -61.483
Country	Argentina
Established	October 8, 1918
Founded by	provincial law 3665
Seat	Vedia
Government
• Mayor	Alberto Conocchiari (UCR)
Area
• Total	1,603 km² (619 sq mi)
Population
• Total	16,358
• Density	10/km² (26/sq mi)
Demonym	alemense
Postal Code	B6030
IFAM	BUE070
Area Code	02354

Leandro N. Alem Partido is a partido in the north of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 16,000 inhabitants in an area of 1,603 km² (619 sq mi), and its capital city is Vedia, which is 329 km (204 mi) from Buenos Aires.

Name

The Partido is named in honour of Leandro Nicéforo Alem, an Argentine politician, founder of the Radical Civic Union political party, and mentor to Hipólito Yrigoyen, who became President of Argentina.