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Buenos Aires City.(Capital Federal)
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- Argentina Travel Companion
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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From a very shaky initial foundation in 1536, Buenos Aires has grown into a remarkable cosmopolitan city; not only is it one of the world's great financial centers, but it is a cultural center not to be missed on any trip to South America
Population: Capital Federal 3 million; with greater Buenos Aires included the total is 9 million
[telephone] area code: (011)
Altitude: Sea level
The city of Buenos Aires, the eighth largest city in the western world, is located on the Rio de la Plata (known in English as the River Plate), east of the Rio Parana and Rio Uruguay delta. The city is completely surrounded in the south-east and north by ...