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Buenos Aires, [d] officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, [e] is the capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata . Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− global city , according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2024 ranking. [ 14 ]
Buenos Aires, [a] officially the Buenos Aires Province, [b] is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires , the capital of the country, which used to be part of the province and the province's capital until it was federalized in 1880.
The Plaza de Mayo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈplasa ðe ˈmaʃo]; English: May Square) is a city square and the main foundational site of Buenos Aires, Argentina.It was formed in 1884 after the demolition of the Recova building, unifying the city's Plaza Mayor and Plaza de Armas, by that time known as Plaza de la Victoria and Plaza 25 de Mayo, respectively.
The population of each city except Buenos Aires includes its conurbation. Greater Buenos Aires has a population of 12,801,365. There is also a list at the bottom of this page that shows the GDP (PPP: Purchasing Power Parity) of each greater metropolitan area of the largest cities in the country.
The Chinese municipality of Chongqing, which is the largest city proper in the world by population, comprises a huge administrative area of 82,403 km 2, around the size of Austria. However, more than 70% of its 30-million population are agricultural workers living in a rural setting .
After seceding for a decade, Buenos Aires Province accepted the 1853 Constitution of Argentina in 1861, and its capital city was made a federal territory in 1880. [ 2 ] A law from 1862 designated as national territories those territories under federal control but outside the frontiers of the provinces.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Prices in Argentina have surged so dramatically in recent months that the government has multiplied the size of its biggest bank note in circulation by five — to 10,000 pesos, worth about $10.
Greater Buenos Aires (Spanish: Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (Spanish: Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, AMBA), [3] refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the adjacent 24 partidos (districts) in the Province of Buenos Aires. Thus, it does not constitute ...