Greater La Plata

Greater La Plata

Gran La Plata (Greater La Plata) is an urban agglomeration formed around the city of La Plata in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. It covers territory in the La Plata, Berisso and Ensenada partidos.

Location

Gran La Plata is located to the south of the Greater Buenos Aires agglomeration next to Rio de La Plata. To a small extent, the two metropolitan areas have slowly begun to merge together. Nevertheless, the main centres remain separated by two dense forest reserves: the "Punta Lara jungle" ("Selva marginal") by the River Plate, and the "Pereyra Iraola Forest" ("Parque Pereyra Iraola") a few kilometers inland.

History

The cities of Berisso and Ensenada existed before La Plata and were both candidates to form the capital of Buenos Aires Province when it was decided to separate Buenos Aires as an autonomous city. Eventually it was decided to create a new city to act as provincial capital and within a short period of time the two pre-existing towns were enveloped into the Gran La Plata conurbation.

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