Cities and towns in Argentina La Plata Province Buenos Aires Partido La Plata Location 34°56′ S 57°57′ W Population 574,369 Area 940.38 km² Phone code +54 221 CPA base B1900

La Plata is the capital city of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as of the partido of La Plata. 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. Per the 2001 census [INDEC], the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants. This is a list of cities in Argentina. ... Argentina is subdivided in 23 provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 federal district (capital federal). ... The Buenos Aires province (IPA: , Spanish: Provincia de Buenos Aires) is the wealthiest and most populated province of Argentina. ... A partido is a subdivision of the Buenos Aires Province. ... La Plata is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating telephone number ranges to countries, regions, areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks such as mobile phone networks. ... Argentina made major changes to its telephone numbering plan in 1999, after its telephone system was privatized. ... The Argentine postal code is a system that assigns at least an unique alphanumeric postal codes to each municipality. ... ISO 3166-2:AR is an ISO standard which defines geocodes: it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Argentina. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Argentina is subdivided in 23 provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 federal district (capital federal). ... The Buenos Aires province (IPA: , Spanish: Provincia de Buenos Aires) is the wealthiest and most populated province of Argentina. ... Departments (Spanish: departamentos) form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. ... La Plata is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. ... For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... National Statistics and Censuses Institute (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, INDEC) is the Argentine government agency responsible for the collection and processing of statistical data. ... Metropolitan area in Western Tokyo as seen from Tokyo Tower A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or...

La Plata was officially founded by governor Dardo Rocha on November 19, 1882. November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ...

Its current mayor is Julio Alak. Julio Alak is the current mayor of La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. ...

History and brief description

La Plata's central square and City Hall seen from the cathedral in construction (circa 1900).

Cathedral of La Plata

Rocha decided to erect a new city to host the provincial government institutions and the planned university. Urban planner Pedro Benoit designed a city layout based on a rationalist conception of urban centers. The city (see figure) has the shape of a square with a central park and two diagonal avenues, north-south and east-west. This design is copied in a self-similar manner in small blocks of six by six blocks in length. 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") because of the large number of linden trees lining the streets. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 373 pixel Image in higher resolution (2325 × 1085 pixel, file size: 471 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 373 pixel Image in higher resolution (2325 × 1085 pixel, file size: 471 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Buenos_Aires_-_La_Plata1. ... Image File history File links Buenos_Aires_-_La_Plata1. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... In epistemology and in its broadest sense, rationalism is any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification (Lacey, 286). ... Urban planning is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest towns to the worlds largest cities. ... A fractal is a geometric object which can be divided into parts, each of which is similar to the original object. ... Species About 30; see text A lime-lined avenue in Alexandra Park, London Tilia leaf Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees, native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, in Asia (where the greatest species diversity is found), Europe and eastern North America; it is absent...

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. American Square & Compasses Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organization. ...

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. Electric street lighting was installed in 1884, and was the first of its kind in Latin America.

The cathedral of La Plata, in Gothic style, is the largest church in Argentina. A cathedral is a religious building for worship, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Roman Catholic, Anglican and some Lutheran churches, which serves as a bishops seat, and thus as the central church of a diocese. ...

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The La Plata University was founded in 1897 and nationalized in 1905. It is well-known for its observatory and paleontology museum. Ernesto Sabato graduated in physics; he went on to teach at the Sorbonne and the MIT before becoming a famed novelist. Doctor René Favaloro was another famous alumnus. During its early years, it attracted a number of renowned intellectuals from the Spanish-speaking world, such as Dominican Pedro Henriquez Ureña. National University of La Plata (Spanish:Universidad Nacional de La Plata) is an Argentine state university, and the most important in La Plata, capital of Buenos Aires Province. ... The La Plata Astronomical Observatory (in Spanish, Observatorio Astronómico de La Plata) is an observatory located in the city of La Plata, capital of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. ... Sabato around 1972. ... The Sorbonne, Paris, in a 17th century engraving The historic University of Paris (French: ) first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was in 1970 reorganised as 13 autonomous universities (University of Paris I–XIII). ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private, coeducational research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... René Favaloro Dr. René Gerónimo Favaloro (July 12, 1923 - July 29, 2000) was a famous Argentinian cardiologist who created the technique for coronary bypass surgery. ... Pedro Henríquez Ureña (1884-1946) was a writer from the Dominican Republic. ...

The city was renamed in 1952 as Eva Perón; the original name was restored in 1955. 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... María Eva Duarte de Perón (May 7, 1919 – July 26, 1952) was the second wife of Argentine President Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974) and the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the 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. Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Primera División (first division) is the top category of Argentine football (soccer), and its 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. ... Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata is a sports club in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, mostly known for its successful basketball team of the 1970s and 1980s and for its professional football team. ...

Climate

Usually warm and humid.
Average temperature: 16.3° C
Average clear days: 126 Rain: 1023 Mn
Average humidity: 78%

Sister City

La Plata has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI): For the 1997 film, see Twin Town Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ...

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References

• (Spanish) Official government website
• (Spanish) Municipal information — Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.