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Buenos Aires (/ ˌ b w eɪ n ə s ˈ ɛər iː z / or /-ˈ aɪ r ɪ s /; [12] Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbwenos ˈajɾes] ⓘ) [13] [d] is the capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. "Buenos aires" is Spanish for "good airs" or "fair winds".
The inhabitants of the city are called "porteños" ("people of the port") to acknowledge the centrality of the port of Buenos Aires in the development of the city and the nation. Since Buenos Aires's federalisation in 1880, the city proper includes the former towns of Belgrano and Flores; the resulting city was separated from Buenos Aires province.
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.
Argentina is a federation of twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires. Provinces are divided for administration purposes into departments and municipalities, except for Buenos Aires Province, which is divided into partidos. The City of Buenos Aires is divided into communes.
Buenos Aires Province, one of Argentina's 23 constituent provinces, which does include most of Greater Buenos Aires but does not include the federal capital; State of Buenos Aires, a historical period when the province of Buenos Aires acted as a nominally independent state from the Argentine Confederation; Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, a ...
Spanish midfielder Ander Herrera arrived in Buenos Aires on Wednesday to join Argentine club Boca Juniors. The 35-year-old left Athletic Bilbao and was expected to sign a one-year deal with Boca.
The Republic of Argentina has not established, legally, an official language; however, Spanish has been utilized since the founding of the Argentine state by the administration of the Republic and is used in education in all public establishments, so much so that in basic and secondary levels there is a mandatory subject of Spanish (a subject called "language").
The majority of Aaron Spelling’s estate went to his wife, Candy Spelling, after he died of complications from a stroke in 2006. He also reportedly suffered from Alzheimer's disease .