La Plata (Spanish pronunciation:[laˈplata]) 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.
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^"Censo 2022: los habitantes de la provincia de Buenos Aires, ciudad por ciudad". www.infocielo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^"Thomas Bradley: The photographer of Dardo Rocha (in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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