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Bahía Blanca (Spanish pronunciation: [baˈi.a ˈβlaŋka]; English: White Bay) is a city by the Atlantic Ocean, in the southwest province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.It is the seat of government of the Bahía Blanca Partido, with 301,572 inhabitants according to the 2010 census [].
Bahía Blanca means "White Bay". The name is due to the typical colour of the salt covering the soil surrounding the shores. The bay (which is actually an estuary) was seen by Ferdinand Magellan during his first circumnavigation of the world on the orders of Charles I of Spain, in 1520, looking for a canal connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean along the coasts of South America.
The Partido de Bahía Blanca is a partido of the Buenos Aires Province is located at the south-west of the province in central Argentina at coordinates . The provincial subdivision holds a population of 284,776 inhabitants in an area of 2,300 km 2 (888 sq mi), and its capital city is Bahía Blanca, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean.
View of Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Gran Bahía Blanca (Greater Bahía Blanca) is the name given to the large urban conurbation around the city of Bahía Blanca in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The 2001 Census estimated the population of Gran Bahía Blanca as 274,509 making it the 17th largest urban conurbation in ...
Comandante Espora Airport (IATA: BHI, ICAO: SAZB), also known as Bahía Blanca Airport, is a domestic airport in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, which is served by Aerolíneas Argentinas and LADE. Espora is also the main base of the Argentine Naval Aviation , and was given the identifier BACE by the Argentine Navy .
The Our Lady of Mercy Cathedral [1] (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Merced de Bahía Blanca) also called Bahía Blanca Cathedral is the name given to a cathedral affiliated to the Catholic Church located in the heart of Bahia Blanca in the South American country of Argentina. It is a building that is protected as it was classified ...
Samborombón Bay is located at the mouth of the Río de la Plata, stretching from Punta Piedras in the north to Punta Rasa in the south, where Cape San Antonio begins. [4] [8] Depending on the boundaries used, the bay can be considered an estuary stretch of the Río de la Plata or a large bay of the Argentine Sea; the International Hydrographic Organization defines the eastern boundary of the ...
Port Belgrano (Puerto Belgrano, Argentine Navy Base, Buenos Aires Province) Puerto Rosales (Punta Alta, Buenos Aires Province) Port of Ingeniero White (Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province) Port Galván (Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province) Port of San Antonio Oeste (San Antonio Oeste, Río Negro) Port Madryn (Puerto Madryn, Chubut Province)