La Plata is a partido in

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, some southeast of the city of

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. It has an area of , and a population of 654,324 (). Its capital is

La Plata La Plata () is the capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina. According to the 2022 Argentina census, census, the La Plata Partido, Partido has a population of 772,618 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 938,287 inhabit ...

, which also serves as the capital of the province. La Plata is the centre of the Greater La Plata urban conurbation. Many of the suburbs have train links to both Buenos Aires and La Plata, and also good road access via the Buenos Aires-La Plata toll highway. There is also an extensive network of buses serving the Greater La Plata area. The city of Manuel B. Gonnet features the ''República de los Niños'' theme park. Several parks lie along the '' Camino General Belgrano'' road, which crosses the partido north-to-south, notably the '' Parque Pereyra Iraola''.

Education

The city has a good number of educational institutions at various levels, both public and private. The most renowned public schools are three of the four members of the UNLP: the Colegio Nacional Rafael Hernández, the Liceo Víctor Mercante and the Bachillerato de Bellas Artes. La Plata is a symbol of a distinguished and prolific academy.

Sports

La Plata is home to one of the fiercest derby matches ''(clásicos)'' in Argentine

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, contested between Estudiantes and Gimnasia y Esgrima.

Settlements

According to the definitions provided by

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, these are the localities and neighborhoods that are located inside of La Plata Partido.

Localities

* Country Club El Rodeo * Ignacio Correas * Lomas de Copello * Ruta Sol

Entities

* Abasto * Angel Etcheverry * Arana * Arturo Segui * Barrio El Carmen (Oeste) * Barrio Gambier * Barrio Las Malvinas * Barrio Las Quintas * City Bell * El Retiro * Joaquín Gorina * José Hernández * José Melchor Romero * La Cumbre *

(capital) * Lisandro Olmos * Los Hornos * Manuel B. Gonnet * Ringuelet * Rufino de Elizalde * Tolosa * Transradio * Villa Elisa * Villa Elvira * Villa Garibaldi * Villa Montoro * Villa Parque Sicardi

Parajes

Aside from the localities and neighborhoods recognized by

, there are also a number of ''parajes'' (roughly translated to ''rest stops'') inside La Plata Partido, which are defined by BAHRA (''Base de Asentamientos Humanos de la República Argentina'', or Database of Human Settlements of the Argentine Republic). * Buchanan * Esquina Negra * La Providencia * Martín García * Poblet

References

External links

*
La Plata
at Observatorioamba.org

Partidos of Buenos Aires Province 1882 establishments in Argentina {{BuenosAiresAR-geo-stub