Escobar Partido

Department in Argentina

Escobar Partido de Escobar
Department
location of Escobar Partido in Greather Buenos Aires
Coordinates: 34°21′S 58°46′W / 34.350°S 58.767°W / -34.350; -58.767
Country	Argentina
Seat	Belén de Escobar
Government
• Mayor	Ariel Sujarchuk (FdT)
Area
• Total	277 km² (107 sq mi)
Population
• Total	178,155
• Density	640/km² (1,700/sq mi)
Demonym	escobarense
Postal Code	B1625
IFAM	BUE036
Area Code	348
Website	escobar.gob.ar

Escobar Partido is a partido in the northern part of the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 178,000 inhabitants in an area of 277 km² (107 sq mi), and its capital city is Belén de Escobar, which is 32 km (20 mi) from Buenos Aires.

Escobar is home to an significant population of Japanese Argentines.