See Also: Mar del Plata(encyclopedia)
Mar del Plata(tourism)
La Plata(tourism)
La Plata(encyclopedia)
Plata, Rio de la(encyclopedia)
La Plata flights(tourism)
Monte Plata(tourism)
Banco Rio de la Plata, S.A.(finance)
Mar del Plata airports(tourism)
Mar del Plata car rental(tourism)

La Plata (sh)




City (pop., 1999 est.: 556,308), eastern Argentina.

After Buenos Aires became the national capital, La Plata was chosen (1882) as the new seat of Buenos Aires province and was modeled on the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C. It was renamed for Argentine first lady Eva Peron in 1952, but after the overthrow of Pres. Juan Peron in 1955 it resumed its original name. Located near the Rio de la Plata estuary, it is a seaport with a large artificial harbour. Its industries include meatpacking and oil refining.