Buenos Aires

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Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city in the South American country of Argentina.

Buenos Aires city is also known as Capital Federal to differentiate the city from the Buenos Aires Province.

Until 1994 Buenos Aires city was under the presidential government, but after a constitutional reform in that year, the city became self-governed, allowing citizens to elect their city authorities.

Population

Buenos Aires has a population of 2,776,234 inhabitants. Spanish is the main language, but English is widely well spoken. Italian is also widespread.

Weather

Buenos Aires has a mild weather. The average temperature is 17 °C. During the 20th century the temperature has gone up because of the urbanization. The presipitations are 1222.6 mm. per year. Summers are warm and humid. Winters are mild or cold, the maxium medium temperature is 13.7ºC during this season. Temperature rarely reaches 0 °C or below. Fog is frequent.

Wikimania

The fifth Wikimania was hosted in this city in 2009.

Other websites

Avenida de Mayo avenue.

• Google Maps Satellite city View
• digital Buenos Aires
• Buenos Aires Travel Guide
• english.buenosaires.com - Tourism Portal
• Official Tourism Website (English, Spanish, Portuguese and guides in ten different languages including Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Italian, etc.)

Online newspapers

• The Buenos Aires Herald Online edition of a local English language newspaper
• La Nación
• Infobae
• La Prensa
• Clarín