Buenos Aires Province - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires Province: Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires Province
The Buenos Aires province (IPA: /ˈbwenos ˈaiɾes/, Spanish: Provincia de Buenos Aires) is the largest, wealthiest and most populated pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Buenos Aires Province - History
The aboriginals that inhabited the provinces before the arrival of the Spanish colonisation where the Pampas and other subgroups such as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Club Atlético Banfield: Encyclopedia Ii - Club Atlético Banfield - Achievements
Club Atlético Banfield - Amateur era. Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires [Buenos Aires Municipality Honor Cup] champion (192...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahía Blanca: Encyclopedia - Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca is a city in Buenos Aires Province, eastern Argentina, and a seaport at the head of the Bahia Blanca ('White Bay' - an arm ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - San Pedro: Encyclopedia - San Pedro
San Pedro is the Spanish language form of Saint Peter. It can refer to: San Pedro cactus, (Echinopsis pachanoi), native to South America...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Club Atlético Banfield: Encyclopedia - Club Atlético Banfield
Club Atlético Banfield is a professional football (soccer) team from Banfield, a village in the Buenos Aires Province and 14 km south of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires: Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ("Good Airs" in Spanish, originally meaning "Fair Winds") is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Entre Ríos Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Entre Ríos Province - History
Guaraníes, charruas and chanás inhabited the area before the arrival of the Spanish conquerors. The first one to adventure up the Urugu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lobos: Encyclopedia Ii - Lobos - History
Main article: History of Lobos The history of Lobos began in 1740 when a Jesuit mission led by Reverend Father Kalkner, who surveyed the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arsenal De Sarandí: Encyclopedia Ii - Arsenal De Sarandí - History
The club was founded in January 1957 by brothers Héctor and Julio Humberto Grondona. Its jersey is light blue with a diagonal red band (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 In Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 In Argentina - Events
2005 in Argentina - January. January 11: The state fines power distribution companies and national water company on grounds of bad qua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vicente Pernía: Encyclopedia Ii - Vicente Pernía - The International Career That Was Not
Pernía was widely hailed as the best Argentine right defender of his time, but Argentina national team coach Cesar Menotti chose not to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Estudiantes De La Plata: Encyclopedia Ii - Estudiantes De La Plata - History
The club was founded on 4 August 1905 by university students who felt left out by the management of Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, which...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eva Perón: Encyclopedia Ii - Eva Perón - Eva Perón's Biography
Eva Perón - Eva's childhood. María Eva Duarte was born in Los Toldos, a town in Buenos Aires Province. She was one of five illegitima...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Argentina - Spanish Colonial Era
See also: Government of the Río de la Plata, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, May Revolution Europeans arrived in the region with th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Argentine Army Regiments: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Argentine Army Regiments - Fifth Army Corps
(HQ Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province) List of Argentine Army Regiments - 1st Armored Brigade. (HQ Tandil, Buenos Aires Province) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires: Encyclopedia Ii - Buenos Aires - History
Spanish seaman Juan Díaz de Solís discovered the Río de la Plata in 1516 but his expedition was cut short by an attack in which he was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German As A Minority Language: Encyclopedia Ii - German As A Minority Language - Latin America
At least one million German speakers live in Latin America. There are German speaking minorities in almost every South American and Centr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eva Perón: Encyclopedia Ii - Eva Perón - Eva Perón's Biography
Eva Perón - Eva's childhood. María Eva Ibarguren was born in Los Toldos, a town in Buenos Aires Province. She was one of five illegit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provinces Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - Provinces Of Argentina - History
The north of Argentina was the first part of the present country to be explored by the Spanish colonisation, searching for the routes tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Argentine Chamber Of Deputies: Encyclopedia Ii - Argentine Chamber Of Deputies - 2005 Election
127 out of the 257 members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation (Cámara de Diputados de la Nación) 24 out of the 72 members of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Departments Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - Departments Of Argentina - Departments With The Same Or Similar Names
Some departments have similar names: referring to Manuel Belgrano in some form 7x Belgrano Department 3x Doctor Manuel Belgrano Departm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - La Pampa Province: Encyclopedia Ii - La Pampa Province - History
In 1604 Hernandarias was the first explorer to reach the area later explored by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera in 1662. But it was not until t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eva Perón: Encyclopedia Ii - Eva Perón - Eva Perón's Biography
Eva Perón - Eva's childhood. María Eva Duarte was born in Los Toldos, a town in Buenos Aires Province. She was one of five illegitima...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piquetero: Encyclopedia Ii - Piquetero - Criticism And Fragmentation
The criticism towards piqueteros and MTDs have come mostly from three sides: middle-class Argentinians, right-wing political actors, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Río Negro Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Río Negro Province - History
Puelches, Picunches and Vuriloches tribes of the Tehuelche aboriginal group lived in the area before the arrival of the Spanish Conquista...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mario Davidovsky: Encyclopedia Ii - Mario Davidovsky - Biography
Davidovsky was born in Médanos, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina; a town nearly 600km southwest of the city of Buenos Aires and close to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mar Del Plata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mar Del Plata - History
In 1746, by order of the Spanish Kingdom, a Jesuit Order order was installed near what is now Laguna de los Padres, but it was abandoned ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patagonia: Encyclopedia Ii - Patagonia - Physiography
The general character of the Argentine portion of Patagonia is for the most part a region of vast steppe-like plains, rising in a success...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Argentina - The Economic Crisis
Towards the end of 2001, Argentina faced grave economic problems. The IMF pressed Argentina to service its external debt, effectively for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Argentine Army Regiments: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Argentine Army Regiments - Buenos Aires Military Garrison
(HQ City of Buenos Aires) ... See also:List of Argentine Army Regiments, List of Argentine Army Regiments - Second Army Corps, List of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Argentina - The 1990s
As President, Carlos Menem launched a major overhaul of Argentine domestic policy. Large-scale structural reforms dramatically reversed t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Argentina - The Recovery
President Duhalde faced a country in turmoil. His administration had to deal with a wave of protests (middle-class cacerolazos and unempl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piquetero: Encyclopedia Ii - Piquetero - Political Involvement In The Mtds
The success of the MTDs soon attracted the attention of political actors, from two main fronts: old, traditionally fragmented leftist par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Río Negro Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Río Negro Province - Economy
The economy of the province is concentrated in the agriculture at the fertile valleys of the Río Negro River, specially at the Alto Vall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Argentine Army Regiments: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Argentine Army Regiments - Second Army Corps
(HQ Rosario, Santa Fe Province) List of Argentine Army Regiments - 2nd Armored Brigade. (HQ Paraná, Entre Ríos Province) List of Ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Argentine Army Regiments: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Argentine Army Regiments - Third Army Corps
(HQ Córdoba, Córdoba Province) List of Argentine Army Regiments - 4th Paratroopers Brigade. (HQ Córdoba, Córdoba Province) List o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lobos: Encyclopedia Ii - Lobos - Background
Located 100 km from Buenos Aires, Lobos is currently a fertile agricultural area known mainly because of the dairy activity and dairy-rel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Río Negro Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Río Negro Province - Geography And Climate
At the north of the Patagonia, the Limay River serves as natural border with the Neuquén Province to the West, as the Colorado River doe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Argentina - The Return To Democracy
On October 30, 1983, Argentines went to the polls to choose a president; vice-president; and national, provincial, and local officials in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Río Negro Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Río Negro Province - Tourism
There are two main areas of tourism in the province; the Andes and the Atlantic coast. The Andean Area The most visited area is that of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mar Del Plata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mar Del Plata - Economy
As an important fishing port, industry concentrates on fish processing. The area is also host to other light industry, such as textile an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lobos: Encyclopedia Ii - Lobos - Lobos Lagoon
The Lobos Lagoon (or Laguna de Lobos), at 15 kilometres from Lobos and 115 kilometres from the City of Buenos Aires is the main turism lu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piquetero: Encyclopedia Ii - Piquetero - Origins Of The Piqueteros
The piqueteros appeared first in June 1996 in the Patagonic town of Cutral-Có, province of Neuquén, when workers laid off by the state-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Argentine Army Regiments: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Argentine Army Regiments - Rapid Deployment Force Fdr
(HQ City of Buenos Aires) (Units from the 4th Paratroopers Brigade may fall under FDR command) ... See also:List of Argentine Army R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lobos: Encyclopedia Ii - Lobos - Geography Of Lobos
Lobos has a surface of 1,725 km2 and is bordered to the south by the Río Salado which usually becomes the source of recurrent flooding. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piquetero: Encyclopedia Ii - Piquetero - Piqueteros As A National Phenomenon
During the latter half of the 1990s, as the Argentine economy lost competitiveness and exports markets due to the over-valued fixed excha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lobos: Encyclopedia Ii - Lobos - Politics
To be completed. See also: Mayors of Lobos ... See also:Lobos, Lobos - Background, Lobos - History, Lobos - Jesuit Missions, Lobos - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Argentine Army Regiments: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Argentine Army Regiments - Army Aviation Command
(Campo de Mayo, Buenos Aires Province) List of Argentine Army Regiments - 601st Army Aviation Force. (Campo de Mayo, Buenos Aires Provi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German As A Minority Language: Encyclopedia Ii - German As A Minority Language - Historical Development And Current Language Situation Of German Minorities
Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Paraguay show some clear demographic differences that effect the minority situation of the German language: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eva Perón: Encyclopedia Ii - Eva Perón - Allegations Of Nazi And Fascist Sympathizing
"The difficulty in understanding Peronism and its two protagonists -- Perón and Evita -- stems above all from the fact that Perón sym...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eva Perón: Encyclopedia Ii - Eva Perón - The Escapades Of Evita's Corpse
Evita's body was embalmed by Dr. Pedro Ara. It is uncertain whether Evita herself decided that she would like to be embalmed. But shortly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - La Pampa Province: Encyclopedia Ii - La Pampa Province - Geography And Climate
In the middle of the Pampas region, the low flat lands steppe receives 500 mm of rain a year, diminishing towards the West. The little hu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - La Pampa Province: Encyclopedia Ii - La Pampa Province - Economy
La Pampa's most important economical activity is cattle, with 3,632,684 (2002) head, which takes place all over the province. Other lives...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Argentina - The Dirty War
Following the coup against Isabel Perón, the armed forces formally exercised power through a junta led consecutively by Videla, Viola, G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - La Pampa Province: Encyclopedia Ii - La Pampa Province - Political Division
The province is divided in 22 departments (Spanish: departamentos). Department (Capital) Atreuco (Macachín) Caleu Caleu (La Adela) Capi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Club Atlético Banfield: Encyclopedia Ii - Club Atlético Banfield - Filial Clubs
Other Banfield clubs affiliated to AFA (Argentine Football Association). - Ordered by province ... See also:Club Atlético Banfield, Cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires: Encyclopedia Ii - Buenos Aires - Internet
Buenos Aires ISPs provide dial-up, cable, satellite-based and ADSL connections to the Internet. In 2004, a major ISP introduced download ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires: Encyclopedia Ii - Buenos Aires - Economy
Buenos Aires is the financial, industrial, commercial, and cultural hub of Argentina. Its port is one of the busiest in the world; naviga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires: Encyclopedia Ii - Buenos Aires - Population
The people of Buenos Aires are known as porteños ("people of the port"), acknowledging the major historical importance of the port in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires: Encyclopedia Ii - Buenos Aires - Culture
Buenos Aires - Language variations. Argentines refer to their language as castellano (Castilian). The dialect spoken in Buenos Aires (a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires: Encyclopedia Ii - Buenos Aires - Transportation
The oldest subway in the Southern Hemisphere opened in 1913 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which is also the oldest one in Latin America and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires: Encyclopedia Ii - Buenos Aires - Sports
Football is a passion for Argentines. The city has many teams playing in the major league. The best-known rivalry is the one between Boca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provinces Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - Provinces Of Argentina - Geography
The country is usually divided in 6 different regions as seen in the adjacent table, though some separate the Pampas in Pampas' plains an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patagonia: Encyclopedia Ii - Patagonia - History
Patagonia - First human settlement. Human habitation of the region dates back thousands of years, with some early archaeological findin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Argentina - The Emergence Of Modern Argentina
Two forces combined to create the modern Argentine nation in the late 19th century: the introduction of modern agricultural techniques an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provinces Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - Provinces Of Argentina - Politics
The internal products of the provinces are merge into the national product, and then the national budget is decided, including what perce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Argentina - The Great Depression And World War Ii
These years of prosperity ended with the Crash of 1929 and the ensuing worldwide economic crisis. The Argentine military forced aged HipÃ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Argentina - The Rise Of Juan Perón
Using fraud and force when necessary, the governments of the 1930s (then retrospectively known as Década Infame, the Infamous Decade) at...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Argentina - Perón Returns From Exile
On March 11, 1973, Argentina held general elections for the first time in ten years. Perón was prevented from running, but voters electe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Argentina - Struggle Between Peronist And Anti-peronist Forces
Eduardo Lonardi held power only briefly and was succeeded by Pedro Aramburu, president from November 13, 1955 to May 1, 1958. In June 195...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German As A Minority Language: Encyclopedia Ii - German As A Minority Language - The Status Of The Language Around The World
German as a minority language - German is an official language in the following regions/countries in Europe. the Alsace in France Aust...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Argentina - Birth Of The Argentine State
See also: Primera Junta, Junta Grande, First Triumvirate News of the French Revolution and the American Revolutionary War brought liberal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Estudiantes De La Plata: Encyclopedia Ii - Estudiantes De La Plata - Nicknames
The nickname pincharratas (rat-stabbers), often shortened to pinchas, is generally attributed to the laboratory work done by the many Med...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires: Encyclopedia Ii - Buenos Aires - Transportation
The oldest subway in the Southern Hemisphere opened in 1913 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which is also the oldest one in Latin America and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Entre Ríos Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Entre Ríos Province - Geography And Climate
As part of the Mesopotamian region, the land is almost completely flat, with small hills some 100 meters in height. The province is named...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Entre Ríos Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Entre Ríos Province - Economy
Agriculture products of the province include rice (60% of the national production), soybeans, wheat, maize, and citrus of which it is the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Estudiantes De La Plata: Encyclopedia Ii - Estudiantes De La Plata - Stadium And Training Grounds
The Jorge Luis Hirschi stadium has room for 23,000 and is located on 1st Avenue, between 55th and 57th Streets, in central La Plata. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Estudiantes De La Plata: Encyclopedia Ii - Estudiantes De La Plata - Fan Base
Following its international successes in the 1960s, Estudiantes gained more followers in all of Argentina. They have remained true to its...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Buenos Aires Province - Tourism
Tourist mainly from Buenos Aires visit the Atlantic coast. There are many cities and town along the coast line that starts some 250 kilom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Buenos Aires Province - Economy
Even though cattle is historical the main animal raising activity, Buenos Aires is also the first producer of sheep, pork, and chicken me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Buenos Aires Province - Geography
The Buenos Aires province has an area of 307,571 km² and its neighbouring provinces clockwise from the southwest are Rio Negro, La Pampa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Buenos Aires Province - Climate
The weather of the Buenos Aires Provinces is temperate with average temperatures between 10 and 25 °C. At the coast, the wind from sea c...   » Read the article