Cemetery #167829
Chacarita Cemetery
Local name: Cementerio de la Chacarita
Also known as Cementerio de Chacarita · Buenos Aires West Cemetery · Cementerio del Oeste
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documented records
≈ 16k–32k
approx. capacity (graves)
0.806 km²
cemetery area
Oct 18, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
La Chacarita Cemetery, also called the Cementerio del Oeste, is in Comuna 15 of Buenos Aires and is the largest cemetery in the city. It occupies about 235 acres and is known as the National Cemetery. Remains from an earlier burial ground were moved to its general ossuary in 1887.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 34.592023° S, 58.460774° W Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Británico Cemetery 410 m away · Comuna 15
- Aleman Cemetery 470 m away · Comuna 15
- Recoleta Cemetery 6.2 km away · Recoleta
- San José de Flores Cemetery 6.3 km away · Comuna 7
- Comunitario de Liniers Cemetery 8.4 km away · Tres de Febrero Partido
- San Martin Cemetery 8.4 km away · Partido de San Martin
- Israelita Sefarardí Cemetery 8.6 km away · Tres de Febrero Partido
- Olivos Cemetery 9.4 km away · Vicente López Partido
- Sefaradi De Socorros Mutuos Cemetery 12 km away · La Tablada
- San Justo Cemetery 12 km away · San Justo
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How big is Chacarita Cemetery?
Chacarita Cemetery covers about 80.6 hectares (806,000 m²), a little larger than Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the largest of the 5 cemeteries we list in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.