Justification Districts of Rosario
villa hortensia, seat of north district. the municipality of rosario justifies division of city districts part of ambitious program distribute not administrative tasks , services cultural activities. idea put in practice first time in 1997 opening municipal center of old mansion called villa hortensia in northern barrio of alberdi. before time, of commercial, administrative , cultural activity in city took place in small area of no more 5 square kilometres in so-called microcentro, , in municipal building (palacio de los leones), meant people in city needed travel relatively long distances crowded downtown conduct business. tended overwhelm capacity of personnel , facilities. idea of decentralisation tries break center-vs.-periphery model of city , bring municipal government closer citizens.