La Plata
La Plata (Inglis:The Silver) is the caipital ceety o the province o Buenos Aires, Argentinae, as well as o the partido o La Plata. The ceety wis planned tae serve as the caipital o the province efter the ceety o Buenos Aires wis declared as the federal district in 1880. Per the 2001 census [INDEC], the ceety proper haes a population o 740,369 an its metropolitan aurie haes 894,253 inhabitants.
La Plata | |
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| Ciudad de La Plata | |
 Frae top left: Estación del Ferrocarril Roca • Heich view o Plaza Dardo Rocha • Garibaldi's statue • Legislatura Provincia de Buenos Aires • Palacio Municipal • Catedral • Museo de Ciencias Naturales • Estadio Ciudad de La Plata. | |
 Coat airms | |
  La Plata Location in Argentinae | |
| Coordinates: 34°55′16″S 57°57′16″W / 34.92111°S 57.95444°WCoordinates: 34°55′16″S 57°57′16″W / 34.92111°S 57.95444°W | |
| Kintra |  Argentinae |
| Foondit | 1882 |
| Foondit bi | Dardo Rocha |
| Govrenment | |
| • Intendant | Pablo Bruera |
| Area | |
| • City | 203 km2 (78.5 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 203 km2 (78.5 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 4758 km2 (1,837 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Population | |
| • City | 740,369 |
| • Density | 3,600/km2 (9,400/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 894,253 |
| Demonym(s) | platense |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| Area code(s) | +54 221 |
| Website | http://www.laplata.gov.ar |
La Plata wis offeecially foondit bi Governor Dardo Rocha on November 19, 1882 an its construction wis fully documentit in photographs bi Tomás Bradley Sutton. It wis referred tae as Eva Perón Ceety (Ciudad Eva Perón) atween 1952 an 1955.
Sport
eeditThe ceety is hame tae twa fitbaa teams that play in the first diveesion: Estudiantes de La Plata an Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata.
Sister ceeties
eeditLa Plata haes signed lang-lastin cooperative ties in the nature o twinnin, wi the follaein ceeties on the dates specified:
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References
eedit- ↑ "Bruera firmó Convenio de Hermanamiento con la Alcaldesa de Toluca". Municipalidad de La Plata. Archived frae the original on 15 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
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