Buenos Aires

Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
Autonomous City
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Ciudad
Skyline of Buenos Aires from Puerto Madero Caminito in La Boca Obelisk on 9 July Avenue Torre Monumental Casa Rosada and the Plaza de Mayo Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral Teatro Colón Palace of the Argentine National Congress
Flag Coat of arms Brandmark
Nicknames:  The Queen of El Plata, The South American Paris, The Capital of Tango, The city of books, The Paris of the Pampas,[1] The Cultural Capital of Latin America[2]
Location in Argentina
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
Coordinates: 34°36′12″S 58°22′54″W / 34.60333°S 58.38167°W / -34.60333; -58.38167
Country	Argentina
Established	1536, 1580
Government
• Type	Autonomous city
• Chief of Government	Jorge Macri
Area
• Autonomous City	203 km2 (78.5 sq mi)
• Land	203 km2 (78.5 sq mi)
• Metro	4,758 km2 (1,837 sq mi)
Elevation	25 m (82 ft)
Population  (2010 census.)[3]
• Autonomous City	2,890,151
• Rank	4th
• Density	14,000/km2 (37,000/sq mi)
• Metro	12,801,364
Demonym(s)	porteño (m), porteña (f)
Time zone	UTC−3 (ART)
Area code	011
HDI (2010)	0.953 – Very High[4][not in the source given]
Website	www.buenosaires.gob.ar (in Spanish) bue.gov.ar (in English)

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city in the South American country of Argentina. It has its own executive, legislative and judicial powers. It is in the central-eastern region of the country, on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, in the Pampas region. The city was ceded in 1880 by the Province of Buenos Aires to be the federal capital of the country. It is the "main capital", along with 24 alternate capitals, because of the constitutional reform of 1994. Buenos Aires city is also known as Capital Federal to differentiate the city from the Buenos Aires Province. Until 1994 Buenos Aires city was under the presidential government, but after a constitutional reform in that year, the city became self-governed, allowing citizens to elect their city authorities.

1. ↑ Owens, Mitchell. "Travel+Leisure: Buenos Aires Reinventing Itself". Travelandleisure.com. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
2. ↑ "Sitio oficial de turismo de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires". Bue.gov.ar. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
3. ↑ "Argentina: Censo2010". Archived from the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
4. ↑ "Reports | National Reports | Latin America and the Caribbean | Argentina | Human Development Reports (HDR) | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)". Hdr.undp.org. Archived from the original on 2013-04-26. Retrieved 2013-03-12.