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Tigre (Arroyo Abra Vieja), Province of Buenos Aires
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Tigre Partido is a partido or municipality of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, situated in the north of Greater Buenos Aires. The department covers a large section of the Paraná Delta and its low-lying islands. The main town of the division is Tigre; other towns include Don Torcuato, Talar de Pacheco and Benavídez. The partido is bounded to the north by the Paraná de las Palmas River, to the northeast by the Río de la Plata, to the southeast by San Fernando Partido, to the south by San Martín Partido, to the southwest by General Sarmiento Partido and to the west by Escobar Partido. Its total area including the islands is 368 km² and its population was 257,228 as of 1991. The Mayor of Tigre is Ricardo Ubieto, an independent.A port was first built at the mouth of the Las Conchas river, which itself became known as Las Conchas. It served the islands and became an important strategic and smuggling point, targeted by Portuguese, English and Spanish invaders. The partido was officially founded in 1790, but the settlements were hit by floods and the town was moved to the present site of Tigre, at the mouth of the Luján River by 1820.
