Map of Mar del Plata and the surrounding region

Panoramic view of Varese beach, Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in the Buenos Aires Province, 400 km south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is one of the major fishing ports and the biggest seaside beach resort in Argentina. With a population of 541,733 as per the 2001 census [INDEC], it's the 7th largest town in Argentina. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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. ... Situation of General Pueyrredón Partido in Buenos Aires Province General Pueyrredón Partido is a partido located on the coast of Buenos Aires Province, 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 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. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... (Victor) Daniel Katz Jora is an Argentine politician. ... Political parties Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... The Radical Civic Union (Unión Cívica Radical, or UCR) is the foremost opposition party in Argentina. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 693 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (953 × 824 pixel, file size: 158 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Panoramic view of Varese beach, Mar del Plata, Argentina. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 693 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (953 × 824 pixel, file size: 158 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Panoramic view of Varese beach, Mar del Plata, Argentina. ... The Buenos Aires province (IPA: , Spanish: Provincia de Buenos Aires) is the wealthiest and most populated province of Argentina. ... km redirects here. ... For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 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. ... Crowded Shibuya, Tokyo shopping district An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ...

Economy

As an important fishing port, industry concentrates on fish processing and at least two large shipyards.^[1] The area is also host to other light industry, such as textile and food manufacturing. Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering. ...

Sea Lions colony with fishing boats nearby

There is a well-developed packaging machines industry, its quality being recognized in international markets^[2]. One of these companies was one of the pioneers in tea bags automatic packaging^[3], exporting its original machine-designs abroad. Another company also exports its products and sold royalties to other countries.^[4] Image File history File links Mar_del_Plata-Puerto-Loberia. ... Image File history File links Mar_del_Plata-Puerto-Loberia. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

During the mid 1980s, Mar del Plata saw the birth of electronics factories, focused mostly on the telecommunications field, with two of them succeeding in the international market.^[5]

Located southwest of the city there are quartzite's stonemasons which are traditionally used in construction (see Architecture). Quartzite Quartzite is a hard, metamorphic rock which was originally sandstone. ... The art and craft of the stonemason has existed since the dawn of civilization - creating buildings, structures and sculpture using stone and other raw materials from the earth. ... Map of Mar del Plata and the surrounding region Panoramic view of Varese beach, Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in the Buenos Aires Province, 400 km south of Buenos Aires. ...

As part of the Argentine recreational coast, tourism is one of Mar del Plata's main economic activities. Between four and six million tourists visit Mar del Plata every year, occasionally quadrupling the number of residents. Mar del Plata has sophisticated tourist infrastructure to cater to the industry and as such, casinos, theatres and other tourist attractions are all located there.

Although since the middle '90s until the first 2000s the area has been hit by a high rate of unemployment, Mar del Plata has the third largest activity rate by city in the country (around 45%).

History timeline

Main article: History of Mar del Plata

Summertime in Mar del Plata

Pre-Spanish era: The region was inhabitated by Günuna Kena nomads (also known as northern Tehuelches). They were later (after the 11th Century) strongly influenced by the Mapuche culture. A Sea Lion sunbathing in Mar del Platas port The first European navigator to visit the beaches and cliffs of what one day would become Mar del Plata was Sir Francis Drake in his 1577 circumnavigation voyage. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2304x1704, 764 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mar del Plata Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2304x1704, 764 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mar del Plata Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... Patagonian camp, 1838 Tehuelches is the collective name of the native tribes of Patagonia. ... Mapuche test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator Mapuche (Mapudungun; Che, People + Mapu, of the Land) are the Indigenous inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina. ...

1577-1857: First European explorers. Sir Francis Drake made a reconnaissance of the coast; Don Juan de Garay explored the area by land a few years later. First colonization attempt by Jesuit Order ended in disaster (1751). Sir Francis Drake, c. ... Juan de Garay (born in 1528 in Orduña, Spain - died near the River Plate in 1583) was an Spanish conquistador. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ...

1857-1874: The Portuguese entrepreneur Coelho de Meirelles, taking advantage of the country’s abundance of wild cattle, built a pier and a factory for salted meat, but the business only lasts a few years. Salt-cured meat or salted meat, for example ham, bacon or kippered herring, is meat or fish preserved or cured by salt or brine. ...

1874-1886: Patricio Peralta Ramos acquired the now abandoned factory along with the surrounding terrain, and founded the town on February 10, 1874. Basque rancher Pedro Luro bought a part of Peralta Ramos property for agricultural production. First docks also erected around this time. Languages Basque - few monoglots Spanish - 1,525,000 monoglots French - 150,000 monoglots Basque-Spanish - 600,000 speakers Basque-French - 76,000 speakers [4] other native languages Religions Traditionally Roman Catholic The Basques (Basque: Euskaldunak) are an indigenous people[5] who inhabit parts of northwestern Spain and southwestern France. ...

1886-1911: The railway line from Buenos Aires, built by the Buenos Aires Great Southern reached Mar del Plata in 1886; the first hotels started their activity. The upper-class people from Buenos Aires became the first tourist of the new born village. They also imposed a local government pervaded by their conservative ideas. Build-up of a French style resort. For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ... The Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway (BAGS) was a British-owned railway company that operated in Argentina, where it was known as the Gran Ferrocarril Sud. ... For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ...

1911-1930: The residents, mostly new arrived immigrants from Europe, demanded and obtained the control of the Municipality administration. The socialist were the mainstream political force in this period, carrying out social reforms and public investment. The main port was also built and inaugurated in 1916. World map showing the location of Europe. ...

1930-1946: A military coup reinstated the Conservative hegemony in politics through electoral fraud and corruption, but in the local level they were quite progressive, their policies viewed in some way as a continuity of the socialist trend. The seaside Casino complex opened in 1939, was designed by architect Alejandro Bustillo, and the Ruta 2 (Highway #2), the main road to Buenos Aires, also dates from this period. This article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ... Alejandro Bustillo (1889-1982) was an Argentine painter and architect who left his mark in various tourist destinations in Argentina, especially in the Andean region of the Patagonia. ...

Sea Lion sculpture, symbol of Mar del Plata, with the Casino complex in the background

1946-1955: Birth of the Peronist movement. A coalition between socialists and radicals defeated the new party by a narrow margin in Mar del Plata, but by 1948 the Peronism will dominate the local administration. The massive tourism, triggered by the welfare politics of Perón and the surge of the middle class marked a huge growth in the city’s economy. Image File history File links Lobo-Casino. ... Image File history File links Lobo-Casino. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Juan Domingo Perón (October 8, 1895-July 1, 1974) was an Argentine military officer and President of Argentina from 1946-1955 and 1973-1974. ...

1955-1970: After the fall of Perón, the Socialism regained the upper hand in local politics; the city reached the peak in activities like real estate business and building industry. Massive immigration from other regions of Argentina. The Revolución Libertadora (Spanish, Liberating Revolution) was a military uprising that ended the second presidential term of Juan Domingo Perón in Argentina, in 1955. ... Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to control by the community. ...

1970-1989: Slight decline of tourism demand, counterbalanced by the increasing of other industries such as fishing and machinery. General infrastructure renewal under the military rule. The radicals become the main political force after the return of Democracy in 1983. The Radical Civic Union (Unión Cívica Radical, or UCR) is the foremost opposition party in Argentina. ...

1989-Present: Though the Peronism replaced the radicals in central government amid a national financial crisis, the latter party continued to rule in Mar del Plata. Some resurge of mass tourism in the early '90s was followed by a deep social crisis in town, with an increase of poverty, jobless rate and emigration. By contrast, the first decade of this Century shows an amazingly quick recovery in all sectors of the ailing economy.

Culture

Mar del Plata is the most popular destination for conventions in Argentina after Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata has a wide range of services in this sector. The summer season hosts over fifty theatrical plays. For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ...

These are the most important shows and festivals:

• The Fiesta Nacional del Mar ("National Sea Festival") with the election and coronation of the Sea Queen and her princesses, which takes place in December as the official inauguration of the summer season.
• The Premios Estrella de Mar ("Sea Star Awards") which honor the best stage plays and shows of the season.
• The Valencian Falles week, a local reenactment of the Valencian event.
• The Mar del Plata Fashion Show, along with a number of fashion parades that gathers the best haute couture designers.
• The Fiesta Nacional de los Pescadores (National Fishermen's Festival), a colourful display of sea tradition and cuisine.
• The Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the only Class-A film's festival in the Americas.

• Mar del Plata has also hosted the 1995 Pan American Games and co-hosted the 1978 FIFA World Cup and 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.
• Since 1987 Mar del Plata annually hosts the Mar del Plata Marathon, in early December.

The local Government sponsors a stable Symphonic Orchestra, as well as a Conservatorium and a School of Classical and Modern Dance. [edit] History Tamara Magali Marazzo, Queen for the period 1997/98 after receiving the crown from the then Mayor of Mar del Plata, Elio Aprile On February of 1910, in Mar del Plata, Argentina, a city that already began to gain a name for herself as a tourist center, arose... Around 1973, the entertainment activities in Mar del Plata’ summer, such as theatrical plays, the so called Café-concerts, Circus and recitals reached a degree of development that made it one of the most profitable investments of the season. ... Falleres in their dresses Traditional Saragüells costume for the men. ... Location Coordinates : 39°29′ N 0°22′ W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name València (Catalan) Spanish name Valencia Founded 137 BC Postal code 46000-46080 Website http://www. ... Haute couture (French for high sewing or high dressmaking; IPA: ) refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted fashions. ... Upcoming 22nd Mar del Plata International Film Festival logo The Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata) is a prestigious international film festival that takes place every year, during the month of March in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. ... The 12th Pan American Games were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina. ... Qualifying countries The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the World Cup, was held in Argentina between June 1 and June 25. ... The 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Argentina between June 17 and July 8, 2001. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... The Maratón de Mar del Plata is an annual marathon foot-race which takes place in Mar del Plata, Argentina, during the Southern Hemispheres Summer, usually in December. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A music school or conservatory is an institution dedicated to teaching the art of music, including playing of musical instruments, musical composition, musicianship, music history and music theory. ...

Fishermen from Mar del Plata at work in this painting by Cleto Ciocchini (1899-1974)

The main museums are the following: Image File history File links Ciocchini-b. ... Image File history File links Ciocchini-b. ...

• The Museum of Modern Art Juan Carlos Castagnino.
• The Museum of the port of Mar del Plata Cleto Ciocchini.
• The Museum of Natural Science Lorenzo Scaglia, specialized in Paleontology of the Quaternary species around the region.
• The Museum of the Sea, which includes one of the most complete collections of sea snails of the World.
• Villa Victoria, a vintage wooden house, the former residence of the late writer Victoria Ocampo, now a place for art expositions and classical music.

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• Astor Piazzolla, composer and musician.

• Juan Carlos Castagnino (1908-1972), painter.

• Auro Tiribelli (1908-2006), architect.

• Guillermo Vilas, top tennis star in the '70s.

• Inés Arrondo, hockey player, winner along with the national team of an Olympic Silver medal in Sydney 2000 and a Bronze medal in Athens 2004.

• Laura Echarte, agricultural engineer, researcher in crop physiology studies, winner of the 2007 L'Oreal-Unesco international fellowship for Women.

• Maria Gabriela Palomo, marine biologist, also winner of the L'Oreal-Unesco junior award in 2003 for her works on port-areas environmental pollution.

• Jorge Lanata, journalist and writer.

• Ricardo Piglia, writer born in Adrogué but raised in Mar del Plata.

• Alberto Bruzzone (1907-1994), painter, was born in San Juan but chose Mar del Plata as his home city.

• Héctor Babenco, movie director, who made Hollywood films like Kiss of the Spider Woman and Ironweed.

• Homero Cárpena (1910-2001), actor, playwriter and filmmaker.

• Martin Donovan (not to be confused with actor Martin Donovan), Hollywood screenwriter and producer, co-author of the screenplay of the movie Death Becomes Her .

• Gabriel Gaby Amato, former international soccer player.

• Juan Eduardo Esnáider, international soccer player. Former forward of Espanyol, Atlético de Madrid, Juventus, River Plate.

• Germán Mono Burgos, former goalkeeper. Played two World Cups. Currently, he is oriented to music.

The common linguistic and social background of the city is that of the so called rioplatense culture. Photograph of Piazzolla playing his bandoneon. ... Guillermo Vilas (born August 17, 1952 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a former Argentine professional tennis player. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... Ines Arrondo (born November 28, 1977 in Mar del Plata), is a field hockey player from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national womens hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. ... A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. ... The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... The ceremony for the lighting of the flame is arranged as a pagan pageant, with priestesses dancing. ... Agricultural engineers develop engineering science and technology in the context of agricultural production and processing and for the management of natural resources. ... Look up crop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The LOreal/UNESCO Awards for Women in Science aims to improve the position of women in science by recognizing, every year, outstanding women researchers who have contributed to scientific progress. ... Marine biology is the scientific study of the plants, animals and other organisms that live in the ocean or any other body of water. ... UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that Pollutant be merged into this article or section. ... Argentine journalist and writer, born in Buenos Aires in 1963. ... Ricardo Piglia (born on November 24, 1941 in Adrogué) is an Argentine writer best known for his 1992 novel The Absent City. Heavely influenced by countryman Jorge Luis Borges, Piglias stories contain elements of the occult, while still heavily grounded in the reality of their metafictional narratives. ... Almirante Brown location at the Gran Buenos Aires Adrogué is a city and capital of Almirante Brown partido (district) in Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. ... San Juan is a province of Argentina, located in the westen part of the country. ... Héctor Eduardo Babenco (born February 7, 1946 in Buenos Aires) is a critically acclaimed Argentine-born Brazilian-naturalised film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. ... ... Kiss of the Spider Woman (Portuguese: O Beijo da Mulher Aranha) is a Brazilian and American film released in 1985 and directed by Hector Babenco. ... Ironweed book cover Ironweed is a 1983 novel by William Kennedy. ... Martin Donovan (1957, California) is an American stage and movie actor. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... Gabriel Amato (born 22 October 1970 in Mar del Plata) is a former Argentine footballer. ... Juan Eduardo Esnáider is a retired Argentine football player. ... Germán Adrián Burgos (born April 16, 1969 in Mar del Plata, Argentina) is an Argentinian football player who retired following the 2003/04 season. ... Main urban centers of Rioplatense Spanish. ...

Architecture

The Belle Epoque fascination: Villa Normandie, built circa 1919

The development of the city as a season resort in early 20 century led the upper class tourists from Buenos Aires to built-up an European-inspired architecture, based mainly on the picturesque and later on the art deco styles. This gave Mar del Plata the pompous nickname of the Argentine Biarritz. During the '30s and well beyond the '40s, local architects and builders, like Auro Tiribelli, Arturo Lemmi, Alberto Córsico-Picollini and José Camusso recreated and transformed the picturesque values into a middle-class scale, marking the beginning of the so called Mar del Plata Style, consisting in small samples of the luxury-laden summer residences of the high society, built for the summer visitor as well as for the local resident. Image File history File links VillaNormandie. ... Image File history File links VillaNormandie. ... The Belle poque, or beautiful era, was a period in Frances history that began during the late 19th century and lasted until World War I. Occurring at the midpoint of the Third Republic, the Belle poque was considered a golden time of beauty, innovation, and peace between France and... Though the concept of the sublime had roots in the connoisseurship of Antiquity, the picturesque was a new category in the incipient Romantic sensibility of the 18th century. ... Asheville City Hall. ... Biarritz (French: Biarritz, pronounced ; Gascon Occitan: Biàrritz; Basque: Miarritze) is a town and commune which lies on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast, in southwestern France. ...

An example of Mar del Plata Style

These chalets comprised basically a stone façade, a gable roof covert with Spanish or French tiles, prominent eaves and a front porch. This gives the town some distinctive urban character among the other Argentinean cities, even if the needs of the growing mass of tourists in the '60s imposed large apartment buildings and skyscrapers as the predominant landscape downtown.^[6] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 544 pixelsFull resolution (828 × 563 pixel, file size: 85 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Example of Mar del Plata Style I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 544 pixelsFull resolution (828 × 563 pixel, file size: 85 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Example of Mar del Plata Style I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the... Chalet A chalet (pronounced ), also called Swiss chalet, is a type of building in the Alpine region made of wood. ... The House of the Seven Gables, Salem, Massachusetts, showing four gables in this view. ... An eave is the edge of a roof. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

Climate

Climatogram for Mar del Plata

The weather pattern for the region is that of an oceanic climate, with humid and moderate summers and relative cool winters, although polar air masses from Antarctica are frequent. The average temperatures for January reach 20ºC (68 Fahrenheit) and 8ºC for July (46 Fahrenheit). The West-Southwest winds bring down the temperature below 0ºC (32 Fahrenheit), while the Southeast ones (the so called Sudestada) are stronger, producing coastal showers and rough seas, as well as strong squalls, but the cold is much less intense.^[7] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (974x604, 41 KB) Clima de Mar del Plata, Argentina. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (974x604, 41 KB) Clima de Mar del Plata, Argentina. ... World map showing the oceanic climate zones. ... Humidity is the quantity of moisture in the air. ... Air mass - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Sudestada (literally Southeast hit) is the Spanish name for a climatic phenomenon common to the Rio de la Plata and its surrounding region consisting of a sudden rotation of cold southern winds to the south-east. ...

There are about 20 days of frost each year, and almost 60 in the west hills area (some 300 mts above the sea level). Snowfall is not so uncommon, but snow accumulation on the ground is rare, a phenomenon that takes place every 6 years or so, according to the last 40 year's data. Frost on black pipes Frost is a solid deposition of water vapor from saturated air. ... Animation of snowcover changing with the seasons Trees covered with snow Snow covering a leaf. ...

Snow on La Perla beach, August 1, 1991

Particularly remembered are the 1975 and 1991 snowstorms, but there were also some snow accumulated in 1994 and 1997 in the highest hills area of Sierra de los Padres, in 1995 along the southern coast, and the latest during the first hours of July 10, 2004. There were two low-intensity snowfalls in September 1986 and June 2007.^[8] Image File history File links Mdp_nevada-1991-2. ... Image File history File links Mdp_nevada-1991-2. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... The western hills of Sierra de los Padres Sierra de los Padres is a string of rocky hills and ridges about 10 miles west of Mar del Plata. ... is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A Snowy dawn at Playa Grande, July 10, 2004

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There are some ten days of 30º C (86 Fahrenheit) each summer, certainly milder values than the rest of the pampas region. Usually, the summer nights are cool and pleasants, with values between 13º to 17ºC (55 to 63 Fahrenheit).^[7] The pampas (from Quechua for plain) are the fertile lowlands that extend across c. ...

Government

The young Teodoro Bronzini, one of the first Socialist Mayors in the Americas history

Mar del Plata is the head of the department (Partido) of General Pueyrredón. The Mayor of the city and department is Daniel Katz of the Radical Civic Union. The Honorable Concejo Deliberante (the town council) has some legislative powers. The term of office for both the Mayor and council members is four years. Image File history File links Bronzini-1919-M.jpg‎ [edit] Licensing This image is of a scan of a newspaper page or article, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the newspaper or the individual contributors who worked on the articles or images... Image File history File links Bronzini-1919-M.jpg‎ [edit] Licensing This image is of a scan of a newspaper page or article, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the newspaper or the individual contributors who worked on the articles or images... World map showing the Americas CIA political map of the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World consisting of the continents of North America[1], Central America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... Situation of General Pueyrredón Partido in Buenos Aires Province General Pueyrredón Partido is a partido located on the coast of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... (Victor) Daniel Katz Jora is an Argentine politician. ... The Radical Civic Union (Unión Cívica Radical, or UCR) is the foremost opposition party in Argentina. ... In the United Kingdom, town councils are civil parish councils, where the civil parish is a town. ...

In 1919, Mar del Plata became the first town in South America to have a Socialist Mayor, a son of Italian Immigrants, Teodoro Bronzini. The Socialist Party would dominate the city political landscape for most of the 20th century. South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... The young Teodoro Bronzini Teodoro Bronzini (1888-1981) was an Argentine politician, affiliated with the Socialist Party, and one of the more prestigious Mayors in the history of the city of Mar del Plata, where he developed a public and private activity that extended for more than 60 years. ... The Socialist Party of Argentina is a political party operating in Argentina. ...

The Government official page has a comprehensive listing of all Mayors and Commissioners of Mar del Plata from 1881 to the present.

There is an extensive but interesting work by the American sociologist Susan Stokesabout the democratic process in Mar del Plata since 1983 in comparison to other regions of Argentina: PDF-1.

You can also read the following paper: PDF-2.

One of the main thesis of her articles is that the social and economic development of Mar del Plata was quite atypical, with a strong prevalence of middle-class values that discouraged the policy of clientelism that is the common background in other urban environments of Argentina. A thesis (from Greek position) is an intellectual proposition. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Academic publishing. ... In this 1899 cartoon from Puck, all of New York City politics revolves around boss Richard Croker A political machine is an unofficial system of a political organization based on patronage, the spoils system, behind-the-scenes control, and longstanding political ties within the structure of a representative democracy. ...

Trivia

Mar del Plata is mentioned in at least two B movies of Hollywood's Directors:

• The horror's trilogy Night Gallery (1969), a pilot for the homonymous series written by Rod Serling, of the Twilight Zone fame. It became one of the first telefilms in US. The third story of this movie depicts the life of a former Nazi camp commander on the run in Buenos Aires, played by Richard Kiley, whose memories and remorse put him to the brink of madness. In his desperation, he tries to escape elsewhere, and when he asks for a bus ticket, the answer of the booking office man is I only have tickets for Mar del Plata, Sir. The pilot marked also the debut of a young director; Steven Spielberg.

• In the 1991's Comedy/Fantasy plot Truly, Madly, Deeply, starring Juliet Stevenson and Alan Rickman, the character of Stevenson, a widow which feels the presence of her defunct boyfriend (Rickman), receives a postcard from her daughter vacationing in Mar del Plata.

The city airport code for IATA (International Air Transport Association) is MDQ , even if the most logic and common sense determines it should be MDP. But the latter abbreviation is already in use for Mindip-Tanah (Indonesia). The initialism was adopted by a popular Surfboard fans TV show, also originated in Mar del Plata. Night Gallery was Rod Serlings follow-up to The Twilight Zone, airing on NBC from 1970 to 1973. ... Rodman Edward Rod Serling (December 25, 1924 – June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter, most famous for his science fiction anthology television series, The Twilight Zone. ... The Twilight Zone title. ... Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) was an American stage, television, and film actor, though he is best known for his voice work, as narrator of various documentary series. ... Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director and producer. ... Truly, Madly, Deeply is a British romance film, made in 1990 for the BBCs Screen One series. ... Juliet Anne Virginia Stevenson (born October 30, 1956) is an English actress. ... Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (born February 21, 1946) is an acclaimed, award-winning English film, television and stage actor. ... The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organisation of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for. ... // A surfer carries a surfboard along the beach. ...

The so called Golf sauce (a combination of mayonnaise and ketchup) has its origin in the kitchens of the Golf Club Mar del Plata, in the very first decades of the 1900s. This article was a former Spanish Translation of the Week. ... Mayonnaise made in a food processor with an assortment of standard ingredients Mayonnaise is a thick sauce made primarily from vegetable oil and egg yolks. ... A bottle of Heinz Organic Ketchup Ketchup (or less commonly catsup) also known as Red Sauce or Tomato Sauce is a popular condiment, usually made with ripened tomatoes. ...

Argentina's top soccer player, Diego Armando Maradona, scored his two first goals in Argentina First Division league in the old San Martín Stadium in Mar del Plata, on November 14, 1976. Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, which defeated San Lorenzo de Mar del Plata 5-2. Diego Armando Maradona (born October 30, 1960) is an Argentine former football player. ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the 1976 Gregorian calendar. ... Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football team, founded in La Paternal, Buenos Aires, on August 15, 1904. ...

Sister Cities

• Biarritz, France.

• Fort Lauderdale, USA.

• San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy.

• Bari, Italy.

Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Biarritz (French: Biarritz, pronounced ; Gascon Occitan: Biàrritz; Basque: Miarritze) is a town and commune which lies on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast, in southwestern France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_USA.svg‎ REDIRECT File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Elvis Presley Stevie Nicks Jodie Foster Janet Jackson Meryl Streep Jessica Lange Faye Dunaway Madonna (entertainer) Trent Reznor Diana Ross User:Mtiedemann... Fort Lauderdale, known as the Venice of America, is a city located in Broward County, Florida. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... San Benedetto del Tronto is a city in Marche, Italy, in the province of Ascoli Piceno. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Location within Italy Bari is the capital of the province of Bari and of the Apulia (or Puglia) region, on the Adriatic sea, in Italy. ...

Footnotes

1. ^ Links:
   • http://www.astillerocontessi.com.ar
     
   • http://www.spisa.com.ar
2. ^ http://www.tecmarsa.com
3. ^ http://www.maisa.com.ar
4. ^ http://www.orengiayconforti.com.ar
5. ^ Links:
   • http://www.occhivision.com.ar
   • http://www.delsat-argentina.com
6. ^ Cacopardo, Chapter VII (by Javier Sáez)
7. ^ ^{a b} Roccatagliata, pp. 167-174
8. ^ Retrieved from the following editions of La Capital newspaper:
   • 17 July 1975
   • 17 September 1986
   • 2 August 1991
   • 5 August 1995
   • 27 June 1997
   • 11 July 2004
   • 26 June 2007
   Clarín newspaper edition, Buenos Aires, June 28 1994
   Video files (not available online) from Channel 8, Mar del Plata, TN news and Crónica TV

External links

• (Spanish) Official Government website
• (English) Tourist Info (from the Official Government website)
• (Spanish) National University of Mar del Plata
• (Spanish) La Capital newspaper
• (English)(Spanish) Gallery of Photos
• (Spanish) Another Gallery of Photos
• (English) Sierra de los Padres page
• (Spanish) Mar del Plata Portal
• (Spanish) Mar del Plata Portal
• (Spanish) Mar del Plata Portal
• (English)(Spanish) International Film Festival
• (Spanish) Mar del Plata 1st Art Fair of Great Masters and Emerging Art
• (English) WikiTravel's Mar del Plata page
• (Spanish) Mar del Plata marplatenses por el mundo
• (Spanish) Peñarol de mar del plata

Sources

Unless otherwise indicated, all the sources are written in Spanish.

• Cacopardo, Fernando A. & others: Mar del Plata, Ciudad e Historia. Alianza Editorial S.A./UNMDP, Madrid/Buenos Aires, 1997.
• Rocatagliata, Juan A. & others: Mar del Plata y su Región. Sociedad Argentina de Estudios Geográficos, Buenos Aires, 1984.
• Anniversary Editions of La Capital newspaper: 1955, 1980, 1985, 2005.
• Barili, Roberto T.: Mar del Plata, Reseña Histórica. Published by the Municipality of Gral. Pueyrredón, Mar del Plata, 1964.
• Zago, Manrique: Mar del Plata, Argentina. Manrique Zago Ed., 1997. (Bilingual Edition).
• Stokes, Susan C.:Do Informal Institutions Make Democracy Work? Accounting for Accountability in Argentina. University of Chicago. Prepared for presentation at the conference, “Informal Institutions in Latin America”.University of Notre Dame, April 23-24, 2003. (English).