La Plata

La Plata
City
Ciudad de La Plata
Buenos Aires Government House
Sculptures in the Plaza Moreno
La Plata railway station
Flag of La Plata
La Plata is located in Buenos Aires Province
La Plata
La Plata
Location within Buenos Aires
La Plata is located in Argentina
La Plata
La Plata
Location within Argentina
La Plata is located in South America
La Plata
La Plata
Location within South America
Coordinates: 34°55′16″S 57°57′16″W / 34.92111°S 57.95444°W / -34.92111; -57.95444
Country Argentina
Province Buenos Aires
PartidoLa Plata
Founded19 November 1882
Founded byDardo Rocha
Government
 • IntendantJulio Alak (PJUP)
Area
 • City27 km2 (10 sq mi)
Elevation
26 m (85 ft)
Population
 (2010 census)
 • City193,144
 • Rank5th in Argentina
 • Density7,200/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
 • Urban
904,789
 • Metro
924,000
Demonymplatense
Metropolitan GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
 • Year2023
 • Total$19.6 billion[1]
 • Per capita$21,400
Time zoneUTC−3 (ART)
CPA Base
1900
Area code+54 221

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.[2] 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.[3] La Plata was briefly known as Ciudad Eva Perón (Eva Perón City) between 1952 and 1955.

  1. ^ "TelluBase—Argentina Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Censo 2022: los habitantes de la provincia de Buenos Aires, ciudad por ciudad". www.infocielo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Thomas Bradley: The photographer of Dardo Rocha (in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2020.