La Plata (Argentina)

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Not to be confused with Mar del Plata
La Plata
Ciudad La Plata montage.jpg
Basic data
Surface: 940 km 2
location 34 ° 56 ′  S , 57 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 34 ° 56 ′  S , 57 ° 58 ′  W
Height above d. M .: m
Population (2010): 740.369
Density: 788 inhabitants / km²
Agglomeration : Gran La Plata / Gran Buenos Aires
  - Population: 900,000 / 12,500,000
  (Argentina)
 
 
administration
Province : Buenos Aires ProvinceBuenos Aires Province Buenos Aires (Province)
Partido : La Plata
Mayor: Pablo Bruera
Others
Postal code : 1900
La Plata website
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Location of La Plata

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

Attractions

Pasaje Dardo Rocha in the center of La Plata

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:


Further city partnerships with the following cities are in preparation:

literature

Web links

Commons : La Plata  - album with pictures, videos and audio files