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Buenos Aires
34.60° S, 58.40° W
- Population
- 12,795,000
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 66
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 66 cities of Argentina in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Argentina, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1580
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 25 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 203 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Named after
- Our Lady of Bonaria
- Wikidata · P138 · checked 2026-09-20
- Time zone
- America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Buenos Aires, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Buenos Aires have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name translates as "fair winds" in Spanish. The full original name "Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires" was given only to the port; the city was named "Ciudad de la Santissima Trinidad" when founded separately, and the shortened port name eventually became the city name.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
