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La Plata| Capital of Buenos Aires province, Argentina, on the Río de la Plata 48 km/30 mi southeast of the city of Buenos Aires; population (2001) 563,900. It is 9 km/6 mi from its port, Ensenada, the main outlet for produce from the Pampas. Industries include meat packing and petroleum refining. It has one of the country's best universities. The city was founded in 1882 by Governor Daroo Rocha. |
| It is 9 km/5.5 mi from its port Ensenada (the main outlet for produce from the Pampas). |
La Plata| City in northeastern Missouri, 21 km/13 mi south of Kirksville; population (1990 est) 1,400. Laid out in 1855 at the junction of the Wabash and Santa Fe railways, it is a trade centre for grain, dairy, and poultry producers. |
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| The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Decapoda, Portunidae) in the Rio de la Plata, Argentina. BRAZIL -100 NET INCOME (% CHANGE '01/'02) JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, CHILE 6,372 BANCO CONAVI, COLOMBIA 714 BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA BRASIL 537 CITIBANK, BRAZIL 518 JP MORGAN CHASE, BRAZIL 420 BANCO DE GALICIA Y BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA -4,358 BANCO RIO DE LA PLATA, ARGENTINA -5,520 BLADEX, PANAMA -10,895 CITIBANK, ARGENTINA -19,469 BANCA NAZIONALE DEL LAVORO, ARGENTINA -168,600 Note: Table made from bar graph. Born in La Plata, Argentina, Golijov lived in both South America and Jerusalem before moving to the United States in 1986, where he has studied at the University of Pennsylvania and at |