La Plata

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/la-plata

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How many people live in La Plata?772,618 (city proper, 2022 census); 938,287 (Greater La Plata metropolitan area)
2. What is the capital of La Plata?Official capital of Buenos Aires province, housing provincial government
3. When was La Plata built?November 19, 1882, by Governor Dardo Rocha
4. What language do people speak in La Plata?Spanish
5. How big is La Plata?Approximately 190 km² (city proper)
6. Why was La Plata created?After Buenos Aires city became federal, the province needed a new government seat. Governor Dardo Rocha planned La Plata to meet that need.

Río de la Plata Estuary: The widest estuary in the world, formed by the confluence of the Paraná and Uruguay rivers, bordering Argentina and Uruguay.
Urban Planning: The process of designing and organizing cities, including their infrastructure, land use, and public spaces.
Federalization: The process by which a city is designated as the capital of an entire country, separating it from provincial or state jurisdiction.
Administrative Seat: The primary location where the central governing body of a region or country is based and operates.