Archivo General de la Nación | |
Headquarters of the AGN in Buenos Aires | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | August 21, 1821 | as "Archivo de la Provincia de Buenos Aires"
Preceding agency |
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Type | Archive |
Jurisdiction | Argentina |
Headquarters | Rondeau 2277 Buenos Aires |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Secretariat of the Interior[1] |
Website | argentina.gob.ar/agn |
The General Archive of the Nation (Spanish: Archivo General de la Nación, AGN) are the national archives of Argentina. It is a body under the Secretariat of the Interior, which aims to collect, order and keep the documentation that the law entrusts to it, to spread knowledge of the sources of Argentine history.[1]