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Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" is short for "Mar del Rio de la Plata," and means "sea of the Rio de la Plata basin" or "adjoining sea to the (River) Plate region." [1] Mar del Plata is one of the major fishing ports and the biggest seaside beach resort in Argentina.
Northwest Argentina consists of the provinces of Catamarca, Jujuy, La Rioja, and western parts of Salta Province, and Tucumán Province. [8] Although Santiago del Estero Province is part of northwest Argentina, much of the province lies in the Chaco region. [68] Northwest Argentina is predominantly dry, hot, and subtropical. [74]
Punta Mogotes is an open beach area and an adjacent neighbourhood located in Mar del Plata, Argentina, some three kilometres (2 mi) south-west of the city's port. The coastline was largely high dunes and a somewhat wild landscape until 1980, when a large compound of resort facilities and paved roads was built right along the beach.
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Argentina portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. B. Buildings and structures ... Pages in category "Mar del Plata"
General Pueyrredón Partido is a partido located on the Atlantic coast of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The partido covers 1,453 km 2 and has a population of 564,056 (2001 census ), most of whom live in the large coastal resort of Mar del Plata. The partido was created in 1879. The first mayor was Fortunato de la Plaza.
This small, inter-regional was not done on a bigger scale due to the lack of single UN-body in charge of implementing the Action Plan made at Mar del Plata. Many groups have complained that "many problems are still in need of suitable action." [6] Finally, thirteen years later the UN began implementing the Mar del Plata Action Plan in the 1990s ...
When Mar del Plata became the resort of choice of Argentina’s upper-class at the end of the 19th century, one of the places favoured by the visitors to build their summer houses was the area of Stella Maris hills. The need of fresh water, until then provided by windmills, led to the construction of a concrete water tower in 1911. The man ...