Greater Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, city, and vicinities, Landsat 8 satellite image.

Greater Buenos Aires Metropolitan Rail Network.

Monte Grande (Esteban Echeverría Partido)

Pan-American Expressway, north of Buenos Aires

Greater Buenos Aires (Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, AMBA), refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the adjacent 24 partidos (districts) in the Province of Buenos Aires.

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Buenos Aires Province

Largest and most populous Argentine province.

Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas (1841 oil portrait by Cayetano Descalzi) ruled until 1852 with an iron fist and kept the fragile Confederation under the tutelage of Buenos Aires Province.

Period illustration of the 1882 placement of La Plata's foundation stone.

Boundaries of the 135 partidos of Buenos Aires Province

Curutchet House, World Heritage Site in La Plata

Libertadores de América and Presidente Perón stadiums in Avellaneda.

Ministro Pistarini International Airport

CNR CKD8 locomotive at Bahía Blanca Sud railway station

Since then, in spite of bearing the same name, the province does not include Buenos Aires proper, though it does include all other parts of the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area.

Demographics of Argentina

About the demographic features of Argentina, including population density, ethnicity, economic status and other aspects of the population.

Historic population development of Argentina

Life expectancy development in Argentina

Distribution of the Indigenous Peoples in Argentina and The Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territory)

Santiago Lovell, Argentine boxer and gold medalist at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Immigrant population in Argentina (1869–1991)

Foreign born residents in Argentina by country of birth.

Ethnic Map of Argentina and the Southern Cone.

Built in 1906 to welcome hundreds of newcomers daily, the Hotel de Inmigrantes is now a national museum.

About 3 million people live in Buenos Aires proper, and the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area totals around 13 million, making it one of the largest urban areas in the world.

General San Martín Partido

General San Martín Partido is a partido in the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, immediately to the north-west of the Capital federal in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

Avellaneda Partido

Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

The partido is located in the Greater Buenos Aires urban area, separated from the city of Buenos Aires by the Matanza River, popularly known as Riachuelo.

Ituzaingó Partido

Partido of Buenos Aires Province.

It is in the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, Argentina, 10 km west of Buenos Aires city.

Hurlingham Partido

Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

It is in the Greater Buenos Aires urban area.

José C. Paz Partido

José C. Paz Partido is a partido in the Greater Buenos Aires urban area of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.

Buenos Aires

Capital and largest city of Argentina.

Our Lady of Buen Aire in front of the National Migration Department

Juan de Garay founding Buenos Aires in 1580. The initial settlement, founded by Pedro de Mendoza, had been abandoned since 1542.

Aldus verthoont hem de stadt Buenos Ayrros geleegen in Rio de la Plata, painting by a Dutch sailor who anchored at the port around 1628.

Emeric Essex Vidal, General view of Buenos Ayres from the Plaza de Toros, 1820. In this area now lies the Plaza San Martín.

Impression of the Buenos Aires Cathedral by Carlos Pellegrini, 1829.

Construction of the Obelisk of Buenos Aires on the 9 de Julio Avenue, 1936.

Catalinas Norte is an important business complex composed of nineteen commercial office buildings and occupied by numerous leading Argentine companies, foreign subsidiaries, and diplomatic offices. It is located in the Retiro and San Nicolás neighborhoods.

Satellite view of the Greater Buenos Aires area, and the Río de la Plata.

Heavy rain and thunderstorm in Plaza San Martin. Thunderstorms are usual during the summer.

The Buenos Aires City Hall in the right corner of the entrance to the Avenida de Mayo

Metropolitan Police of Buenos Aires City

The Immigrants' Hotel, constructed in 1906, received and assisted the thousands of immigrants arriving to the city. The hotel is now a National Museum.

Villa 31, a villa miseria in Buenos Aires

The Metropolitan Cathedral is the main Catholic church in the city.

The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, the main stock exchange and financial center of Argentina.

Headquarters of the National Bank of Argentina, the national bank and the largest in the country's banking sector.

Buenos Aires Bus, the city's tourist bus service. The official estimate is that the bus carries between 700 and 800 passengers per day, and has carried half a million passengers since its opening.

Monument to the Carta Magna and Four Regions of Argentina in the neighborhood of Palermo

The Centro Cultural Kirchner (Kirchner Cultural Center), located at the former Central Post Office, is the largest of Latin America.

Homage to Buenos Aires, a mural located at the Carlos Gardel station of the Buenos Aires Underground. It represents a typical scene from the city and several of its icons, such as singer Carlos Gardel, the Obelisco, the port, tango dancing and the Abasto market.

The interior of El Ateneo Grand Splendid, a celebrated bookstore located in the barrio of Recoleta.

Tango dancers during the World tango dance tournament.

A screening at Parque Centenario, as part of the 2011 edition of BAFICI

A fashion show at the Planetarium in 2013, as part of BAFWEEK.

View of Bolívar Street facing the Cabildo and Diagonal Norte, on Buenos Aires' historical center. The city's characteristic convergence of diverse architectural styles can be seen, including Spanish Colonial, Beaux-Arts and modernist architecture.

Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, a public high school in Buenos Aires, and it is one of the most prestigious in Argentina and Latin America.

University of Buenos Aires' Law School in Recoleta

A Mitre Line Trenes Argentinos train in Retiro railway station

Map of the Greater Buenos Aires Commuter Rail Network

200 Series rolling stock at San José de Flores station, Buenos Aires Underground.

Buquebus high-speed ferries connect Buenos Aires to Uruguay

Campo Argentino de Polo, home of the Argentine Open Polo Championship, the most important global event of this discipline

La Bombonera during a night game of Copa Libertadores between Boca Juniors v. Colo Colo.

The Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, which also includes several Buenos Aires Province districts, constitutes the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas, with a population of around 15.6 million.

National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina

Argentine decentralized public body that operates within the Ministry of Economy, which exercises the direction of all official statistical activities carried out in the country.

CPI from MIT Billion Prices project (blue), INDEC (orange) and monetary base (yellow) from November 2007 to December 2015. CPI index: 2007-11-01 = 100.

Private-sector economists and statistical offices of provincial governments show inflation two to three times higher than INDEC's number (which only covers Greater Buenos Aires).

Lanús Partido

The main avenue, Hipólito Yrigoyen, in Lanús district.

Lanús is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, at the south of the Gran Buenos Aires urban conglomerate neighbouring Buenos Aires city.