History
Buenos Aires is one of Latin America's most important ports and most populous cities, as well as the national center of commerce, industry, politics, culture, and technology. Spanish colonizer Pedro de Mendoza established the first settlement there, which he named Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Aire (“Our Lady St. Mary of the Good Air”). Buenos Aires locals are referred to as portenos (“people of the port”) because so many of the city’s original immigrants historically arrived by boat from Europe.
Transportation System(s) Map
Transportation System(s) Map
Geography & FACTS
City area: 78 square miles (203 square km);
Greater Buenos Aires (extended): 1,500 square miles (3,885 square km).
Population as of (2010): 2.89 million
Greater Buenos Aires (2011): 13,528,000.
Buenos Aires is located at the northeastern edge of the flat plain known as the Pampas, which occupies the "agricultural heartland of Argentina." It is located near where the Paraná River delta widens to become the Río de la Plata estuary.
This city presents Argentina with its severest economic and social issues and problems. It is considered a center of political and social unrest. With having wide avenues and a vibrant cosmopolitan flair is more European than Latin American generally. Having little colonial architecture and few landmark buildings, Buenos Aires is chiefly a city of distinctive neighbourhoods that have their own meeting places, generally coffeehouses or bars.
SOURCE: BRITTANICA
Greater Buenos Aires (extended): 1,500 square miles (3,885 square km).
Population as of (2010): 2.89 million
Greater Buenos Aires (2011): 13,528,000.
Buenos Aires is located at the northeastern edge of the flat plain known as the Pampas, which occupies the "agricultural heartland of Argentina." It is located near where the Paraná River delta widens to become the Río de la Plata estuary.
This city presents Argentina with its severest economic and social issues and problems. It is considered a center of political and social unrest. With having wide avenues and a vibrant cosmopolitan flair is more European than Latin American generally. Having little colonial architecture and few landmark buildings, Buenos Aires is chiefly a city of distinctive neighbourhoods that have their own meeting places, generally coffeehouses or bars.
SOURCE: BRITTANICA