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Buenos Aires (/ ˌ b w eɪ n ə s ˈ ɛər iː z / or /-ˈ aɪ r ɪ s /; [11] Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbwenos ˈajɾes] ⓘ) [12] [b] is the capital city of Argentina, on the western shore of the Río de la Plata on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos aires" is Spanish for "fair winds" or "good airs".
Colonia Buenos Aires is a colonia of the Cuauhtémoc borough located south of the historic center of Mexico City.This colonia is primarily known for its abundance of dealers selling used car parts, and an incident when six youths were executed by police.
Greater Buenos Aires (Spanish: Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (Spanish: Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, AMBA), [3] refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the adjacent 24 partidos (districts) in the Province of Buenos Aires. Thus, it does not constitute ...
During the Spanish colonial period, Mexico was then known as Viceroyalty of New Spain and the capital being Mexico City while Argentina was at first governed from the Viceroyalty of Peru in Lima and in 1776, Spain created the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata where the capital was established in Buenos Aires. In 1810, both Argentina and ...
The Plaza de Mayo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈplasa ðe ˈmaʃo]; English: May Square) is a city square and the main foundational site of Buenos Aires, Argentina.It was formed in 1884 after the demolition of the Recova building, unifying the city's Plaza Mayor and Plaza de Armas, by that time known as Plaza de la Victoria and Plaza 25 de Mayo, respectively.
Buenos Aires, [a] officially the Buenos Aires Province, [b] is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires , the capital of the country, which used to be part of the province and the province's capital until it was federalized in 1880.
Buenos Aires has been attracting a homosexual community in Latin America. [1] Since 2006, the city has seen unprecedented numbers of gay -oriented cruise ship arrivals, an increase in the number of gay-owned businesses, and the construction of a five-star gay-oriented hotel; despite its relatively unfavorable location, the Axel Hotel Buenos ...
Buenos Aires Province, one of Argentina's 23 constituent provinces, which does include most of Greater Buenos Aires but does not include the federal capital; State of Buenos Aires, a historical period when the province of Buenos Aires acted as a nominally independent state from the Argentine Confederation; Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, a ...