Buenos Aires Province
The Province o Buenos Aires (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈbwenos ˈaiɾes], Provincia de Buenos Aires) (Inglis: Fair Winds) is the lairgest an maist populous Argentinie province. It taks the name frae the city o Buenos Aires, which uised tae be the provincial caipital till it wis federalisit in 1880. The current caipital o the province is the city o La Plata, foondit in 1882.
Buenos Aires | |
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 Location o Buenos Aires province athin Argentinae | |
| Coordinates: 33°42′S 61°00′W / 33.700°S 61.000°W | |
| Kintra | Argentinae |
| Caipital | La Plata |
| Partidos | 135 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Axel Kicillof |
| • Legislatur | Chamber o Deputies (92) Senate (46) |
| • Naitional Deputies | 70 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 307,571 km2 (118,754 sq mi) |
| Population (2010[1]) | |
| • Total | 15,625,084 |
| • Rank | 1st |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | bonaerense |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| ISO 3166 code | AR-B |
| Website | www |
The province borders Entre Ríos tae the north; Santa Fe tae the wast; Córdoba, La Pampa an Río Negro tae sooth an east; an the Atlantic Ocean. The entire province is pairt o the Pampas geografical region.
The province haes a population o aboot 15.6 million fowk, or 39% o Argentinae's total population. Nearly 10 million fowk live in Greater Buenos Aires, the metropolitan area surroondin the Autonomous City o Buenos Aires. The area o the province, 307,571 km2 (118,754 sq mi), maks it the lairgest in Argentinae wi aroond 11% o the Kintra's total area.
References
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