La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. According to the 2001 census, the city has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan área has 694,253 inhabitants.
La Plata was planned and developed to serve as the provincial capital after the city of Buenos Aires was federalised in 1880, and it was officially founded by Governor Dardo Rocha on 19 November 1882. Its construction is fully documented in photographs by Tomás Bradley Sutton. La Plata was renamed Eva Perón cíty (Ciudad Eva Perón) between 1952 and 1955.
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