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Location of Argentina. Argentina is a federal republic in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with its neighbor Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south.
Torre Tanque in Mar del Plata, built by OSN in 1943. On July 18, 1912, "Obras Sanitarias de la Nación" (OSN) was established by Law 8,889 as part of the first Sanitation Plan of 1909 under the presidency of Roque Sáenz Peña. OSN began to expand its area of operation, reaching cities outside Buenos Aires Province. By 1910, 14 capital cities ...
Havanna Holding S.A. [6] (mostly known for its trade name Havanna) is an Argentine manufacturer of food products, mostly known for its alfajores.The firm was founded in 1948 by Benjamín Sisterna, Demetrio Elíades, and Luis Sbaraglini and began its activities as a producer of alfajores in the city of Mar del Plata.
Sociedad Comercial del Plata was founded in Buenos Aires on June 7, 1927, [2] and became a holding company with varied interests, primarily real estate. [3] Francisco Soldati (a nephew of José Francisco Soldati, the owner of the city's largest utility, the Italian-Argentine Electric Company, and founder of the Villa Lugano ward of Buenos Aires) [4] bought controlling interest in SCP in 1965 ...
La Anonima in Comodoro Rivadavia. In 1991, the company opened a small chain of stores in a convenience store format under the Best name. [13] This chain was sold in 2010 to French retailer Carrefour (which also operates its flagship banner in Argentina), although the Best name was retained as La Anonima's budget tier private label brand.
The former Molinos mill and silos in the Puerto Madero ward of Buenos Aires in 1999, later converted into the upscale Faena Hotel+Universe. Molinos Río de la Plata (Molinos) originated with the 1899 establishment of Centenera, a food processing plant, by Bunge y Born, then a prominent local wheat milling company established by Belgian immigrants in 1884.
Founded on 14 October 1886, in Buenos Aires as Banco Francés del Río de la Plata (English: French Bank of the River Plate), it is the oldest private bank in Argentina. Its Beaux-Arts headquarters, designed by Jorge Bunge, were inaugurated in 1926.
La Plata is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, some 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of the city of Buenos Aires. It has an area of 926 km 2 (358 sq mi), and a population of 654,324 (2010 census ). Its capital is La Plata, which also serves as the capital of the province.