Greater La Plata

Gran La Plata (Greater 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 (departments).

Location
Location of Greater La Plata highlighted in pink

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" ("Selva marginal") by the River Plate, and the "Pereyra Iraola Park" ("Parque Pereyra Iraola") a few kilometers inland.

History
Main article: La Plata

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

Settlement Partido Population (2010) Population (2001)
La Plata Partido 774,369
       La Plata[1]La Plata 643,133
       Villa ElviraLa Plata 62,480
       Los HornosLa Plata 54,406
       TolosaLa Plata 44,977
       City BellLa Plata 32,646
       Villa ElisaLa Plata 22,229
       Manuel B. GonnetLa Plata 22,963
       José Melchor RomeroLa Plata 20,730
       RingueletLa Plata 15,312
       Lisandro OlmosLa Plata 15,059
       Villa MontoroLa Plata 13,835
       El RetiroLa Plata 12,649
       Barrio Las MalvinasLa Plata 11,414
       Barrio Las QuintasLa Plata 8,003
       Barrio GambierLa Plata 7,477
       La CumbreLa Plata 7,313
       Joaquín GorinaLa Plata 6,857
       Rufino de ElizaldeLa Plata 6,428
       Barrio El CarmenLa Plata 5,906
       José HernándezLa Plata 5,333
       AbastoLa Plata 4,577
       Arturo SeguíLa Plata 3,894
       TransradioLa Plata 3,713
       Ángel EtcheverryLa Plata 2,671
       Villa Parque SicardiLa Plata 1,228
       AranaLa Plata 268
       Villa GaribaldiLa Plata 242
Berisso Partido 80,092
       Villa PorteñaBerisso 14,343
       BerissoBerisso 87,698
       Villa ProgresoBerisso 7,870
       Villa San CarlosBerisso 7,089
       Barrio El CarmenBerisso 6,894
       Villa DoloresBerisso 6,535
       Villa IndependenciaBerisso 6,472
       Villa ArgüelloBerisso 5,662
       Villa ZulaBerisso 5,124
       Barrio Banco ProvinciaBerisso 1,867
       Villa NuevaBerisso 1,585
       Barrio UniversitarioBerisso 1,032
       Los TalasBerisso 494
Ensenada Partido 56,72951,448
       Ensenada[2]Ensenada 54,463
       Punta LaraEnsenada 8,410
       Villa CatellaEnsenada 5,959
       Dique Nº 1Ensenada 5,685
       Isla Santiago Oeste[3]Ensenada 237

Notes
  1. Not including Country Club El Rodeo, Ignacio Correas, Lomas de Copello or Ruta Sol
  2. Including Barrio Las Casuarinas
  3. Including Escuela and Liceo Naval Río Santiago

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