La Plata

Argentina / Buenos Aires / La Plata /
 city, capital city of state/province/region
La Plata is the capital city of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as of the partido of La Plata. The city was planned to serve as the capital of the province after the city of Buenos Aires was declared as the federal district in 1880. Per the 2001 census [INDEC], the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Plata
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Coordinates:   34°55'12"S   57°57'11"W