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| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Buenos Aires |
| Partido | La Plata |
| Founded | 19 November 1882 |
| Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Population (2001 census [INDEC]) | |
| - Total | 690,616 |
| CPA Base | B 1900 |
| Area code(s) | +54 221 |
La Plata is the capital city of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as of the partido of La Plata. Buenos Aires Province (ˈbwenos ˈaiɾes Spanish: Provincia de Buenos Aires is the most populated province of Argentina. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Regions See also Geography of Argentina The country is also divided into six or seven regions (seven when The Pampas is divided into the Pampas' plains Buenos Aires Province (ˈbwenos ˈaiɾes Spanish: Provincia de Buenos Aires is the most populated province of Argentina. A partido is an administrative subdivision of the. A partido is formally a single Municipality, though it usually comprises one or more population centers La Plata is a partido (department in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, located some 60 kilometers south-east of the city of Buenos Aires Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population National Statistics and Censuses Institute ( Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, INDEC is the Argentine government agency responsible The Argentine postal code is a system that assigns at least one unique alphanumeric Postal code to each Municipality. ISO 3166-2AR is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Argentina. A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks General phone calls within Argentina In Argentina, changes were made to area codes in 1999 when the telephone network was split up into three different areas with Regions See also Geography of Argentina The country is also divided into six or seven regions (seven when The Pampas is divided into the Pampas' plains Buenos Aires Province (ˈbwenos ˈaiɾes Spanish: Provincia de Buenos Aires is the most populated province of Argentina. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Departments (departamentos form the second level of administrative division in the Provinces of Argentina. La Plata is a partido (department in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, located some 60 kilometers south-east of the city of Buenos Aires The city was planned to serve as the capital of the province after the city of Buenos Aires was declared as the federal district in 1880. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Per the 2001 census [INDEC], the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population National Statistics and Censuses Institute ( Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, INDEC is the Argentine government agency responsible A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central
La Plata was officially founded by governor Dardo Rocha on November 19, 1882 and its construction was fully documented in photographs by Tomás Bradley Sutton. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common [1]
Its current mayor is Pablo Bruera. Pablo Bruera is an Argentine politician who was elected as mayor of La Plata, the capital of Buenos Aires province, in the 28/Oct/2007 elections.
It was referred to as Eva Perón City ("Ciudad Eva Perón") between 1952 and 1955. María Eva Duarte de Perón' ( May 7 1919 &ndash July 26 1952) was the second wife of President Juan Domingo Perón
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History and brief description
Rocha decided to erect a new city to host the provincial government institutions and the planned university. A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects Urban planner Pedro Benoit designed a city layout based on a rationalist conception of urban centers. In Epistemology and in its broadest sense rationalism is "any view appealing to Reason as a source of knowledge or justification" (Lacey 286 The city (see figure) has the shape of a square with a central park and two main diagonal avenues, north-south and east-west. (In addition, there are numerous other shorter diagonals. ) This design is copied in a self-similar manner in small blocks of six by six blocks in length. A fractal is generally "a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts each of which is (at least approximately a reduced-size copy of the whole" Every six blocks, one finds a small park or square. Other than the diagonals, all streets are on a rectangular grid, and are numbered consecutively. Thus, La Plata is nicknamed "la ciudad de las diagonales" ("city of diagonals"). It is also called "la ciudad de los tilos" ("city of tilia (linden tree)") because of the large number of linden trees lining many streets and squares. Tilia is a Genus of about 30 species of Trees native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, in Asia (where the greatest Tilia is a Genus of about 30 species of Trees native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, in Asia (where the greatest
The city design and its buildings are said to possess a strong Freemason symbolism. This is said to be a consequence of both Rocha and Benoit being Freemasons.
The designs for the government buildings were chosen in an international architectural competition. Thus, the Governor Palace was designed by Italians, City Hall by Germans, etc. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Electric street lighting was installed in 1884, and was the first of its kind in Latin America.
The cathedral of La Plata, in neo-Gothic style, is the largest church in Argentina. The Cathedral of La Plata dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, is the largest Roman Catholic sanctuary in the city of La Plata in Argentina.
The Curutchet House is one of the two buildings by Le Corbusier in the Americas. thumb|250|right|The Curutchet House in La Plata The Curutchet House, La Plata, Argentina, is one of the two buildings in the Americas by Le Corbusier Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier ( October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965) was a Swiss The Teatro Argentino de La Plata is the second most-important opera house in Argentina after the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. The Teatro Argentino de La Plata is the second most important lyric opera house in Argentina after the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. An opera house is a theater building used for Opera performances that consists of a stage an orchestra pit audience seating and backstage facilities for costumes The Teatro Colón ( Spanish) ( Colón Theatre) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is one of the world's major Opera houses Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern
The La Plata University was founded in 1897 and nationalized in 1905. The National University of La Plata ( Spanish: Universidad Nacional de La Plata, UNLP is an Argentine National university and the most important It is well-known for its observatory and paleontology museum. The La Plata Astronomical Observatory (in Spanish, Observatorio Astronómico de La Plata) is an Observatory located in the city of La Plata Palaeontology redirects here For the Scientific journal, see Palaeontology (journal. Ernesto Sabato graduated in physics; he went on to teach at the Sorbonne and the MIT before becoming a famed novelist. Ernesto Sabato (born June 24, 1911) is an Argentine writer of Italian and Arbëreshë (Italian Albanian descent The historic University of Paris (Université de Paris first appeared in the second half of the 13th century Doctor René Favaloro was another famous alumnus. Dr René Gerónimo Favaloro ( July 12, 1923 – July 29, 2000) was an Argentine Cardiac surgeon who created the technique During its early years, it attracted a number of renowned intellectuals from the Spanish-speaking world, such as Dominican Pedro Henriquez Ureña. The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with Pedro Henríquez Ureña (1884-1946 was an intellectual essayist philosopher humanist philologist and literary critic considered one of the foremost figures of the Dominican literature
The city was renamed in 1952 as Eva Perón; the original name was restored in 1955. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. María Eva Duarte de Perón' ( May 7 1919 &ndash July 26 1952) was the second wife of President Juan Domingo Perón Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar)
The city is home to two football (soccer) teams that play in the first division: Estudiantes de La Plata and Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Primera División ( English: First Division) is the top category of Argentine Football, and is organized by the Argentine Football Association Estudiantes de La Plata is a sports club in La Plata, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, with a history of achievement in professional football Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (CGE or GELP in English "Gymnastics and Fencing Club of La Plata" is an Argentine sports club from La Plata,
Climate
Usually warm and humid in the summer. Mild winters.
Average temperature: 16. 3° C
Average clear days: 126 Rain: 1023 Mn
Average humidity: 78%
People
See Cat:People from La Plata
Sister Cities
References
External links
- (Spanish) Official government website
- (Spanish) http://www.mapa.laplata.gov.ar Interactive Map of La Plata
- (Spanish) Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. Beersheba (בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע Be'er Sheva, بئر السبع, Birüssebi is the largest City in the Negev desert of southern For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Montevideo (monteβi'ðeo is the largest city the capital and chief port of Uruguay. Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
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