Buenos
Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest
city and port. It is located on the southern shore
of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern
coast of the South American
continent.
After
the internal conflicts of the 19th century, Buenos
Aires was federalised and removed from Buenos Aires
Province in 1880; its city limits were enlarged to
include the former towns of Belgrano and Flores; both
are now neighbourhoods in the city.
Buenos
Aires (English: Fair Winds),
was originally named after the Virgine de Bonaria
of Cagliari , Sardinia.
Argentines
sometimes refer to the city as Capital Federal
to differentiate the city from the province of the
same name. In the 1994 constitution, the city was
given autonomy, hence its formal name: Ciudad
Autónoma de Buenos Aires.
The
abbreviations Bs. As., Baires
and B.A. are sometimes used, the first
one mostly in writing and the latter two in everyday
speech. The city is sometimes called La Reina
del Plata, that is, "The Queen of the Plata"
(a reference to the Plata river basin). (Credit:
Wikipedia)
