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Buenos Aires

Industrial city, chief port, and capital of Argentina, situated in the ‘Capital Federal’ - a separate federal district, on the south bank of the Río de la Plata, at its estuary; population (2001 est) 13,756,000. Industries include motor vehicles, engineering, oil, chemicals, textiles, paper, and food processing. Main exports are grain, beef, and wool, which are produced in the surrounding pampas. The administrative Federal District of Buenos Aires has an area of 200 sq km/77 sq mi and a population of (2001 est) 2,729,500. Buenos Aires is the financial and cultural centre of Argentina, and has many museums and libraries. It is a major railway terminus, and has an international airport 35 km/22 mi southwest of the city centre.

Features

Congress building (1906); town hall, the Cabildo; cathedral (1804); presidential palace, the Casa Rosada (the Pink House) on the Plaza de Mayo; University of Buenos Aires, founded in 1821; opera house, the Teatro Colón; avenues built in the early 20th century, modelled on those in Paris, including 9 de Julio, which was built in 1937 and was modelled on the Champs Elysées.

History

Founded in 1536 by the Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza as Puerto de Santa Mariá del Buen Aire, it was abandoned after attacks by American Indians (Querandi), and refounded in 1580. It became the capital of the viceroyalty of Rió de la Plata in 1776, and federal capital of Argentina in 1880.

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