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Buenos Aires (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 34 40 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -34.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 058 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -58.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Founded in 1580; seat of viceroyalty of La Plata (Buenos Aires) in 1776; was blockaded by British in dispute over Uruguay 1845; drew up its own constitution & battled provinces over control of country 1854-1880. |
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| Buenos Aires (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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| בואנוס איירס (C,U,Hebrew )
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| La Plata (H,V)
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............ | as viceroyalty of Spanish South America, 1776-1820s |
| Santa María del Buen Aire (H,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Pedro de Mendoza, 1536 |
| city (C) |
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| national capital (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of subordinate division viceroyalty of Peru, 18th cen. |
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