Greater La Plata

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

Location

Location of Greater La Plata highlighted in pink

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. 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

Main article: La Plata

The cities of Berisso and Ensenada existed well before La Plata and were both candidates to become the capital city of Buenos Aires Province once Buenos Aires city was federalized in 1880. Eventually, it was decided to build a new city, La Plata, entirely designed to serve as the provincial capital. It was founded in 1882. Soon after, irregular suburbs began to appear outside the designed limits of La Plata. These suburbs would go on to become an integral part of La Plata Partido municipality. Neighboring Berisso and Ensenada, on the Río de la Plata shore, acted from then on as natural harbors for the new capital city of the Province, and gradually they algo became integrated as a conurbation into Greater La Plata.

Population

Settlement Partido Population (2001) Population (1991) Population (1980)
Total 694,253642,802578,813
La Plata Partido563,943521,759459,054
       City Center[1]La Plata182,055
       Villa ElviraLa Plata62,480
       Los HornosLa Plata51,265
       TolosaLa Plata44,977
       City BellLa Plata26,612
       Villa ElisaLa Plata22,229
       Manuel B. GonnetLa Plata21,416
       José Melchor RomeroLa Plata20,730
       RingueletLa Plata15,312
       Lisandro OlmosLa Plata15,059
       Villa MontoroLa Plata13,835
       El RetiroLa Plata12,649
       Barrio Las MalvinasLa Plata11,414
       Barrio Las QuintasLa Plata8,003
       Barrio GambierLa Plata7,477
       La CumbreLa Plata7,313
       Joaquín GorinaLa Plata6,857
       Rufino de ElizaldeLa Plata6,428
       Barrio El CarmenLa Plata5,906
       José HernándezLa Plata5,333
       AbastoLa Plata4,577
       Arturo SeguíLa Plata3,894
       TransradioLa Plata3,713
       Ángel EtcheverryLa Plata2,671
       Villa Parque SicardiLa Plata1,228
       AranaLa Plata268
       Villa GaribaldiLa Plata242
BerissoBerisso78,98873,03364,386
       Villa PorteñaBerisso14,343
       BerissoBerisso14,201
       Villa ProgresoBerisso7,870
       Villa San CarlosBerisso7,089
       Barrio El CarmenBerisso6,894
       Villa DoloresBerisso6,535
       Villa IndependenciaBerisso6,472
       Villa ArgüelloBerisso5,662
       Villa ZulaBerisso5,124
       Barrio Banco ProvinciaBerisso1,867
       Villa NuevaBerisso1,585
       Barrio UniversitarioBerisso1,032
       Los TalasBerisso494
EnsenadaEnsenada51,32248,01041,310
       Ensenada[2]Ensenada31,031
       Punta LaraEnsenada8,410
       Villa CatellaEnsenada5,959
       Dique Nº 1Ensenada5,685
       Isla Santiago Oeste[3]Ensenada237

Notes

  1. ↑ Not including Country Club El Rodeo, Ignacio Correas, Lomas de Copello or Ruta Sol
  2. ↑ Including Barrio Las Casuarinas
  3. ↑ Including Escuela and Liceo Naval Río Santiago

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