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La Plata
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La Plata is the capital city of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina, located near the country's Atlantic coast. It matters as an important administrative and cultural center for one of Argentina's most populous provinces.
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- Instance of
- capital city
- Named after
- Eva Perón
- Country
- Argentina
- Located in
- La Plata Partido
- Population
- 220184
- Area
- 27
- Elevation
- 26
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Capital of
- La Plata Partido
- Founded by
- Dardo Rocha
- Image
- Ciudad La Plata montage.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0221
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- Commons category
- La Plata
- postal code
- 1900
- topic's main category
- Category:La Plata
- twinned administrative body
- Chengdu
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in La Plata
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in La Plata
- category of associated people
- Category:People from La Plata
- Commons gallery
- La Plata
- inception
- 1882-11-19
- native label
- La Plata
- different from
- Mar del Plata
- P8168
- Bibiche
- P12749
- Cyril of Turaw
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Encyclopedic overview
La Plata ( Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈplata]) is the capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina. According to the 2022 census, the Partido has a population of 772,618 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 938,287 inhabitants. It is located 9 kilometers (6 miles) inland from the southern shore of the Río de la Plata estuary.
La Plata was planned and developed to serve as the provincial capital after the city of Buenos Aires was federalized in 1880. It was officially founded by Governor Dardo Rocha on 19 November 1882. Its construction is fully documented in photographs by Tomás Bradley Sutton. La Plata was briefly known as Ciudad Eva Perón (Eva Perón City) between 1952 and 1955.
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