La Plata is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, some southeast of the city of Buenos Aires.
It has an area of , and a population of 654,324 (). Its capital is La Plata, which also serves as the capital of the province. La Plata is the centre of the Greater La Plata urban conurbation.
Many of the suburbs have train links to both Buenos Aires and La Plata, and also good road access via the Buenos Aires-La Plata toll highway. There is also an extensive network of buses serving the Greater La Plata area.
The city of Manuel B. Gonnet features the República de los Niños theme park.
Several parks lie along the Camino General Belgrano road, which crosses the partido north-to-south, notably the Parque Pereyra Iraola.
Education
The city has a good number of educational institutions at various levels, both public and private. The most renowned public schools are three of the four members of the UNLP: the Colegio Nacional Rafael Hernández, the Liceo Víctor Mercante and the Bachillerato de Bellas Artes.
La Plata is a symbol of a distinguished and prolific academy.
StatisticsEducational InstitutionsEducational LevelTotalStatePrivate Nivel Inicial18482102 Nivel Primario1719675 Nivel Medio1024854 Nivel Terciario o Superior no Universitario42933Students enrolledEducational LevelTotalStatePrivate Nivel Inicial29.11114.79114.320 Nivel Primario93.57558.82534.750 Nivel Medio29.88421.2438.641 Nivel Terciario o Superior no Universitario12.1624.5977.565
Sports La Plata is home to one of the fiercest derby matches (clásicos) in Argentine football, contested between Estudiantes and Gimnasia y Esgrima.
Settlements
According to the definitions provided by INDEC, these are the localities and neighborhoods that are located inside of La Plata Partido.
Localities El Rodeo Ignacio Correas Lomas de Copello Ruta Sol
Entities Abasto Angel Etcheverry Arana Arturo Segui Barrio El Carmen (Oeste) Barrio Gambier Barrio Las Malvinas Barrio Las Quintas City Bell El Retiro Joaquín Gorina José Hernández José Melchor Romero La Cumbre La Plata (capital) Lisandro Olmos Los Hornos Manuel B. Gonnet Ringuelet Rufino de Elizalde Tolosa Transradio Villa Elisa Villa Elvira Villa Garibaldi Villa Montoro Villa Parque Sicardi
Parajes Aside from the localities and neighborhoods recognized by INDEC, there are also a number of parajes (roughly translated to rest stops) inside La Plata Partido, which are defined by BAHRA (Base de Asentamientos Humanos de la República Argentina, or Database of Human Settlements of the Argentine Republic).
Buchanan Esquina Negra La Providencia Martín García Poblet
References
External links
La Plata at Observatorioamba.org Visita La Plata