Greater La Plata


Gran 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.

Location

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" by the River Plate, and the "Pereyra Iraola Park" a few kilometers inland.

History

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 also became integrated as a conurbation into Greater La Plata.

Population

SettlementPartidoPopulation Population
La Plata Partido774,369
La PlataLa Plata643,133
Villa ElviraLa Plata62,480-
Los HornosLa Plata54,406-
TolosaLa Plata44,977-
City BellLa Plata32,646-
Villa ElisaLa Plata22,229-
Manuel B. GonnetLa Plata22,963-
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-
Berisso Partido80,092
Villa PorteñaBerisso14,343-
BerissoBerisso87,698
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-
Ensenada Partido56,72951,448
EnsenadaEnsenada54,463
Punta LaraEnsenada8,410-
Villa CatellaEnsenada5,959-
Dique Nº 1Ensenada5,685-
Isla Santiago OesteEnsenada237-