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Buenos Aires Province

Province

Buenos Aires Province is the largest of the provinces into which Argentina is divided, both by area, at about 307,571 square kilometres, and by population, at 15,625,084 residents in the census of 27 October 2010. Its capital is La Plata, and it should not be confused with the autonomous city of Buenos Aires, which is counted separately from the provinces. The name means good winds, and the place was formerly called Nuestra Señora Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires, after the Virgin Mary, whom sailors in Seville revered as their protectress. Most Argentine provinces are subdivided into departments, but Buenos Aires is instead divided into partidos. Its territory includes Isla Martín García, an island in the Río de la Plata estuary that is surrounded by Uruguayan waters.

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Population
15,625,084 1
Area (sq km)
307,571 1
Admission Year
1812 1
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La Plata, Cities
Source GeoNames: La Plata - GeoNames
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Source Mercedes-Benz Argentina (Wikipedia)Lead, headquartered in
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(headquartered in Munro, district of Buenos Aires Province)

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Cyonasua clausaOccurrence record, place
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"state": "Buenos Aires"

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Cyonasua longirostrisOccurrence record, place
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"state": "Buenos Aires"

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"state": "Buenos Aires"

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"state": "Buenos Aires"

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"state": "Buenos Aires"

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Tetraprothomo argentinusOccurrence record, place
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"state": "Buenos Aires"
Sources
1. Provinces of Argentina (Statoids)
  • Primary subdivisions table, Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires AR.BA B AR01 BA BA 15,625,084 307,571 118,754 La Plata
  • Change history, 1812-01-13
    1812-01-13: Buenos Aires province given a separate government.
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Argentina (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationOn Continent: South America, Lead sentence of the country article; the province is part of Argentina
Quote, On Continent: South America, Lead sentence of the country article; the province is part of Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the far south of South America.
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Buenos Aires Province (Wikipedia)
In Group: Provinces (World), Lead
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Buenos Aires, officially the Province of Buenos Aires, is the largest and most populous Argentine province.
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GeoNames: La Plata - GeoNames
GeoNamesHas Capital: La Plata, cities500 record 3432043, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 01)
Quote, Has Capital: La Plata, cities500 record 3432043, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 01)
-34.92126 -57.95442 P PPLA AR 01 06441 195443 27 America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
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