# Buenos Aires

| Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires |
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| Autonomous Ceety |
| *Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires* Autonomous Ceety o Buenos Aires |
| Clockwise frae top: skyline o the ceety at dusk, the National Congress, the Woman's Bridge, tango dancers in San Telmo, the Pink Hoose, the Metropolitan Cathedral, *Cabildo*, the Obelisk, Colón Theatre, the Recoleta Cemetery, the Tres de Febrero Park wi the Planetarium, an *Caminito* in La Boca. |
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| Eik-name(s):  *The Queen o la Plata*, *The Sooth American Paris*, *The Caipital o Tango*, *The ceety o books*, *The Paris o the Pampas*, *The Cultural Caipital o Laitin Americae* |
| Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresLocation athin Argentinae |
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| Kintra | Argentinae |
| Established | 1536, 1580 |
| Govrenment |
|  • Teep | Autonomous ceety |
|  • Chief o Govrenment | Horacio Rodríguez Larreta |
| Area |
|  • Autonomous Ceety | 203 km2 (78.5 sq mi) |
|  • Laund | 203 km2 (78.5 sq mi) |
|  • Metro | 4758 km2 (1837 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 census.) |
|  • Autonomous Ceety | 2,891,082 |
|  • Density | 14,000/km2 (37,000/sq mi) |
|  • Metro | 12,801,364 |
|  • Metro density | 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | *porteño* (m), *porteña* (f), *bonaerense* |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| Area code(s) | 011 |
| **HDI** (2010) | 0.876 – very high |
| Website | [www.buenosaires.gov.ar (in Spaingie)
bue.gov.ar (in Inglis) |

**Buenos Aires** (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈbwenoˈsaiɾes]) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Argentinae, an the seicont-lairgest metropolitan aurie in Sooth Americae, efter São Paulo. It is locatit on the wastren shore o the estuary o the Río de la Plata, on the sootheastren coast o the Sooth American continent. Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, which an aa includes several Buenos Aires Province destricts, constitutes the third-lairgest conurbation in Latin Americae, wi a population o aroond 13 million.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Buenos Aires is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| * La Paz, Bolivie
* Brasília, Brazil *(syne 2002)*
* Porto Alegre, Brazil
* Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
* São Paulo, Brazil
* Ottawa, Canadae
* Santiago, Chile
* Beijing, Cheenae *(since 1993)*
* Bogotá, Colombie
* Medellín, Colombie
* Zagreb, Croatie *(syne 1998)*
* Prague, Czech Republic
* Most, Czech Republic
* Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
* Quito, Ecuador
* Cairo, Egyp
* Toulouse, Fraunce
 | * Berlin, Germany *(syne 19 Mey 1994)*
* Jerusalem, Israel (cooperation agreement)
* Tel Aviv, Israel *(syne 1976)*
* Cagliari, Italy
* Calabria, Italy (region)
* Genoa, Italy
* Lucca, Italy
* Milan, Italy
* Naples, Italy
* Roum, Italy
* Mumbai, Indie
* Osaka, Japan
* Beirut, Lebanon *(syne 2006)*
* Mexico Ceety, Mexico
* Rotterdam, Netherlands
 | * Asunción, Paraguay
* Lima, Peru
* Warsaw, Poland
* Lisbon, Portugal
* Moscow, Roushie
* Belgrade, Serbie
* Seoul, Sooth Korea
* Almería, Spain
* Barcelona, Spain
* Bilbao, Spain
* Cádiz, Spain
* Guadix, Spain
* Madrid, Spain
* Oviedo, Spain *(syne 1983)*
 | * Salamanca, Spain
* Santiago de Compostela, Spain
* Seville, Spain
* Vigo, Spain
* Geneva, Swisserland
* Damascus, Sirie
* Bangkok, Thailand
* Istanbul, Turkey
* Kiev, Ukraine
* Lunnon, Unitit Kinrick
* Miami, Florida, Unitit States
* State o New Jersey, Unitit States
* State o Ohio, Unitit States
* Montevideo, Uruguay
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