- Source: La Plata Partido
La Plata is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, some 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of the city of Buenos Aires.
It has an area of 926 km2 (358 sq mi), and a population of 654,324 (2010 census [INDEC]). Its capital is La Plata, 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 football, contested between Estudiantes and Gimnasia y Esgrima.
Settlements
According to the definitions provided by INDEC, 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
La Plata (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 INDEC, 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
Official website
La Plata at Observatorioamba.org
Visita La Plata
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- La Plata, Buenos Aires
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- Kualifikasi Piala Dunia FIFA 2026 (CONMEBOL)
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- Babak gugur Copa América 2021
- Gonzalo Higuaín
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- La Plata Partido
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- La Plata (disambiguation)
- Los Hornos
- Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona
- La Plata
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- City Bell
- Tolosa, Buenos Aires
- General Pueyrredón Partido
