Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina
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Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of
Argentina , and the
second-largest metropolitan area in
South America . It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the
Río de la Plata , on the continent’s southeastern coast. The
Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, which also includes several
Buenos Aires Province districts , constitutes the third-largest
conurbation in
Latin America , with a population of around fifteen and a half million.
The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province’s capital; rather, it is an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting , Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include the towns of Belgrano and Flores ; both are now neighborhoods of the city . The 1994 constitutional amendment granted the city autonomy, hence its formal name: Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ).
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Buenos Aires is, along with
Mexico City and
São Paulo , one of the three Latin American cities considered an ‘alpha city’ by the
study GaWC5 . Buenos Aires’
quality of life was ranked 81st in the world and one of the best in Latin America in 2012, with its per capita income among the three highest in the region. It is the most visited city in South America (ahead of
Rio de Janeiro ) and the second most visited city across Spanish Latin America (behind Mexico City). It is also one of the most important, largest and most populous of South American capitals, often referred to as the
Paris of Americas .
Buenos Aires is a top tourist destination, and is known for its European-style
architecture and rich cultural life, with the highest concentration of theaters in the world. Buenos Aires held the
1st Pan American Games in 1951 as well as hosting two venues in the
1978 FIFA World Cup . Buenos Aires will host the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics . People from Buenos Aires are referred to as
porteños (people of the
port ). The city is the birthplace of the current pope,
Francis (former
Archbishop of Buenos Aires ), and of
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands .
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