La Plata is a partido

Departments of Argentina

Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act...

 (department) in Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...

, Argentina

Argentina

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, located some 60 kilometers south-east of the city of Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

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It has an area of 926 km² (358 sq mi), and a population of 574,369 . Its capital is La Plata

La Plata

La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....

, which also serves as the capital of the province. La Plata is the centre of the Greater La Plata

Greater La Plata

Gran La Plata is an urban agglomeration formed around the city of La Plata in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. It covers territory in the La Plata, Berisso and Ensenada partidos.-Location:...

 urban connurbation.

Many of the suburbs have train links to both Buenos Aires and La Plata, and also good road access via the Buenos Aires-La Plata toll highway. There is also an extensive network of buses serving the Greater La Plata area.

The Manuel B. Gonnet

Manuel B. Gonnet

Manuel B. Gonnet is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, in La Plata Partido, from La Plata, the provincial capital. It is part of a group of towns developed around the then Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway connecting La Plata with Buenos Aires, and Tolosa, Ringuelet, City Bell and...

 village features the República de los Niños theme park.

Several parks lie along the Camino General Belgrano road, which crosses the department north-to-south, notably the Parque Pereyra Iraola.

Education

Statistics
Educational Institutions
Educational Level	Total	State	Private
Nivel Inicial	184	82	102
Nivel Primario	171	96	75
Nivel Medio	102	48	54
Nivel Terciario o  Superior no Universitario	42	9	33
Students enrolled
Educational Level	Total	State	Private
Nivel Inicial	29.111	14.791	14.320
Nivel Primario	93.575	58.825	34.750
Nivel Medio	29.884	21.243	8.641
Nivel Terciario o Superior no Universitario	12.162	4.597	7.565

The city has a good number of educational institutions at various levels, both public and private. The most renowned public schools are three of the four members of the UNLP: the Colegio Nacional Rafael Hernández, the Liceo Víctor Mercante and the Bachillerato de Bellas Artes.

La Plata is a symbol of a distinguished and prolific academy. Physics, astronomy, biology, were undoubtedly the fields that scientists in this city over their peers in the country and the region, have dominated.

Sports

La Plata is home to one of the fiercest derby matches

Local derby

In many countries the term local derby, or simply just derby means a sporting fixture between two, generally local, rivals, particularly in association football...

 (clásicos) in Argentine football

Football (soccer)

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, contested between Estudiantes

Estudiantes de La Plata

Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

 and Gimnasia y Esgrima

Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata

Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División...

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Districts

• Abasto
• City Bell
  City Bell
  City Bell is a small town located in the partido of La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located some 50 kilometers from Buenos Aires and 10 from La Plata. It forms part of the Greater La Plata urban agglomeration....
  
  
• El Peligro
  El Peligro
  El Peligro is a town in the La Plata Partido of Buenos Aires Province, located about 22 km west from La Plata City and about 45 km southeast from Buenos Aires City....
  
  
• Joaquín Gorina
• Lisandro Olmos
• La Plata
  La Plata
  La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....
  
   (capital)
• Los Hornos
  Los Hornos
  Los Hornos is a distinct neighbourhood within the partido of La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.Formerly a detached population, it belongs now to the Greater La Plata urban conglomerate...
  
  
• Manuel B. Gonnet
  Manuel B. Gonnet
  Manuel B. Gonnet is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, in La Plata Partido, from La Plata, the provincial capital. It is part of a group of towns developed around the then Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway connecting La Plata with Buenos Aires, and Tolosa, Ringuelet, City Bell and...
  
  
• Melchor Romero
• Ringuelet
• Tolosa
• Villa Elvira
• Villa Elisa

External links

La Plata Municipality homepage