Ezeiza
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Full name: | José María Ezeiza | |
location | 34 ° 50 ′ S , 58 ° 31 ′ W | |
Height above d. M .: | 12 m | |
Population (2010): | 160.219 | |
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Province : | Buenos Aires (Province) | |
Partido : | Ezeiza | |
Mayor: | Alejandro Santiago Granados, PJ | |
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Postal code : | 1804 | |
Telephone code: | 011 | |
Ezeiza's website |
Ezeiza , actually José María Ezeiza , is the capital of the Partido of the same name in eastern Argentina , located at the western end of Gran Buenos Aires , the metropolitan area of the capital Buenos Aires . Ezeiza is about 35 kilometers west of the center and has 160,219 inhabitants (2010).
The city was previously part of the Partido Esteban Echeverría , but it experienced rapid growth between 1980 and 2001, which led to the fact that in the early 1990s, a separate partido called Ezeiza was created, which apart from the city itself, a few smaller towns contains.
Ezeiza is best known for its airport, the Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini de Ezeiza (IATA code: EZE), which is also popularly known as Aeropuerto de Ezeiza and handles intercontinental air traffic to and from Buenos Aires. Besides Córdoba ( Madrid with Iberia ) it is the only airport in the country that offers flights overseas.
Web links
- IFAM population statistics (covers the entire Ezeiza department)