La Plata (Argentina)
- Not to be confused with Mar del Plata
Basic data | ||
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Surface: | 940 km 2 | |
location | 34 ° 56 ′ S , 57 ° 58 ′ W | |
Height above d. M .: | 9 m | |
Population (2010): | 740.369 | |
Density: | 788 inhabitants / km² | |
Agglomeration : | Gran La Plata / Gran Buenos Aires | |
- Population: | 900,000 / 12,500,000 | |
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administration | ||
Province : | Buenos Aires (Province) | |
Partido : | La Plata | |
Mayor: | Pablo Bruera | |
Others | ||
Postal code : | 1900 | |
La Plata website | ||
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La Plata is the capital of the Province of Buenos Aires , Argentina . It is still within the metropolitan area of the state capital Buenos Aires , the center of which is about 60 kilometers northwest of the city. With 740,369 inhabitants (as of 2010), La Plata is one of the larger cities in the country . It has a modern cityscape and was laid out strictly symmetrically.
history
La Plata was designed on the drawing board by the architect Pedro Benoit between 1873 and 1884 to separate the provincial capital and the state capital. Buenos Aires was converted at the same time into the federal district Distrito Federal and thus separated from the province.
In 1885 the city already had 21,792 inhabitants (among them 8,918 Argentines, 12,874 Italians), almost all of whom still lived in wooden buildings. At the same time, the construction of a double canal began to connect La Plata with the port of Ensenada , 5 km to the northeast .
In 1952, after the death of Eva Perón , the city was renamed "Ciudad Eva Perón". After the coup against President Juan Perón in 1955, it was given its old name back.
In 2003, the Pentecostal Church was established here in the high-security Los Olmos prison near La Plata .
Economy and education
La Plata is primarily a seat of heavy industry. Another important industry is the administrative apparatus of what is by far the most populous province in Argentina. La Plata has a prestigious state university ( Universidad Nacional de La Plata ), an observatory and a natural history museum, the La Plata Museum .
sons and daughters of the town
- Alejandro Scopelli (1908–1987), Argentine-Italian soccer player and coach
- Francisco Varallo (1910-2010), football player
- Ana Emilia Lahitte (1921–2013), writer
- René Favaloro (1923–2000), cardiologist, developer of cardiac bypass
- Rubén Elosegui (1925–1991), sculptor and painter
- Martha Mercader (1926–2010), writer, journalist, politician
- Facundo Cabral (1937–2011), singer and musician
- Juan Ramón Verón (born 1944), football player
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (* 1953), politician
- Leopoldo Brizuela (1963–2019), writer
- María Cecilia Villanueva (* 1964), composer and pianist
- Jorge Esteban González (* 1966), auxiliary bishop in La Plata
- Soledad Villamil (* 1969), actress, singer
- Christian Mazzuca (* 1970), composer and painter
- Martín Palermo (born 1973), football player
- Gastón Mazzacane (* 1975), racing car driver
- Juan Sebastián Verón (* 1975), football player
- Leandro Damián Cufré (* 1978), football player
- Joaquín Drut (* 1978), theoretical physicist
- Luciano Martín Galletti (* 1980), football player
- Facundo Bazzi (* 1982), racing cyclist
- Marcelo Adrián Carrusca (* 1983), football player
- Benjamín Rojas (* 1985), actor and singer
- Marcos Rojo (* 1990), football player
- Mercedes Lambre (* 1992), actress, singer
- Gerónimo Rulli (* 1992), football goalkeeper
- Juan Foyth (* 1998), football player
- Sergio Parisse (* 1983), Argentine-Italian rugby player and
Attractions
The center of the city is the Plaza Moreno. There you can see the foundation stone of the city as well as the greatest attraction of La Plata: the cathedral of La Plata . The neo-Gothic church was built from 1885 to 1999 and is one of the largest churches in South America. Furthermore, the city administration ( Palacio Municipal ) is worth seeing as well as the natural history museum ( Museo de Ciencias Naturales ). The museum mainly exhibits collections from the Argentine researchers Perito Moreno and Florentino Ameghino .
Town twinning
La Plata is twinned with the following cities:
- Anghiari , Italy, since November 18, 1998
- Asunción , Paraguay, since February 20, 1993
- Bologna , Italy, since November 23, 1988
- Be'er Scheva , Israel, since April 18, 1989
- Boulogne-sur-Mer , France, since July 6, 2000
- Concepción , Chile, since 1993
- Louisville , Kentucky, USA , since 1994
- Maldonado , Uruguay, since 1994
- Montevideo , Uruguay, since 1994
- Porto Alegre , Brazil, since 1982
- Santa Ana de Coro , Venezuela
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra , Bolivia, since 1994
- São Paulo , Brazil (2000)
- Sucre , Bolivia, since 2005
- Saragossa , Spain, since October 12, 1990
Further city partnerships with the following cities are in preparation:
- Bethlehem , Palestinian Territories
- Latakia , Syria
- Incheon , South Korea
- Coimbra , Portugal
- Jiujiang , China
- Hanover , Germany
- Caracas , Venezuela
- Durban , South Africa
- Hangzhou , China
literature
- Günther Wessel, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, 2003 Travel Know-How ISBN 3-8317-1180-1