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  Buenos Aires - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Buenos Aires ("Good Air" in Spanish, originally meaning "Fair Winds") is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest cities in South America.
Buenos Aires is located at the southern side of the River Plate, on the southeast coast of the South American continent.
Buenos Aires hosted the first Pan American Games which started on February 25, 1951, as well as the 1950 and 1990 basketball world championships and the 1978 football (soccer) World Cup (Argentina won the final on June 25, 1978, defeating the Netherlands by a score of 3-1).
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 Buenos Aires - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Buenos Aires (English: Fair Winds; originally Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires, "City of the Holiest Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds") is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port.
Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, born in Buenos Aires as Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti, on May 17 1971, is the wife of Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, heir apparent to the Dutch throne.
Buenos Aires is represented in the Argentine Senate by three senators, currently as of 2006 being Rodolfo Terragno, María Leguizamon and Vilma Ibarra, and by 25 deputies in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies.
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 buenos aires - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
Buenos Aires (Good Winds in Spanish, but more akin to "Fair Winds", as in navigation) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest cities in South America.
Buenos Aires is located at the southern side of the Rio de la Plata River (earlier called River Plate by the British), on the southeast coast of the South American continent.
Buenos Aires is the Federal Capital of Argentina and has been accorded autonomous status in the 1994 constitution (previously, the mayor was elected directly by the President of the Republic).
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 Barrios of Buenos Aires - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The city of Buenos Aires is divided in 48 barrios (neighbourhoods).
The Barrios have become part of other administrative structures, called "comunas" which are "units of decentralizated political and administrative gesture governed by specially elected residents" [1] The Barrios, listed alphabeticaly, are these:
Barrios History Government of the Buenos Aires city (Spanish)
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 Buenos Aires - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Buenos Aires was home for Argentine writers Leopoldo Lugones, Jorge Luis Borges, Manuel Mujica Laínez, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Ernesto Sábato, Leopoldo Marechal, Victoria Ocampo, and Julio Cortázar (who lived in Paris for most of his career).
Diego Armando Maradona, who was born in a poor suburb of Buenos Aires and is widely hailed as one of the greatest football players ever, started his career with Argentinos Juniors and later played for Boca Juniors (he also played for other clubs, notably Italian side SSC Napoli).
Buenos Aires native Guillermo Vilas (who was raised in Mar del Plata) was one of the great tennis players of the 1970s and 1980s, and popularized tennis in all of Argentina.
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 Buenos Aires - Gurupedia
Buenos Aires is the financial, industrial, commercial, and social centre of Argentina.
By the 1920s Buenos Aires was a favoured destination for immigrants from Europe, and extensive shanty towns developed in and around the city's industrial areas, leading to extensive social problems.
On March 17, 1992 a suicide car-bomb exploded in the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires killing 29 and injuring 242.
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 Buenos Aires countries and capital cities information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Buenos Aires'''Buenos Aires''' ("Good Air" in Spanish languageSpanish, originally meaning "Fair Winds") is the capital (politics)capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest cities in South America.
Buenos Aires is located at the southern side of the River Plate, on the southeast coast of the South AmericaSouth American continent.
Image:Arms.jpgframeFormer coat of arms of Buenos Aires, used from 1591 until 1649 After the internal conflicts of the 19th century, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires province; its city limits were enlarged to include the former towns of Belgrano and Flores (both are now neighboroods in the city).
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 Buenos Aires   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
To Porteños, Buenos Aires is Argentina even though few other counties have such a wide range of topography as Argentina does, from its great Northwest of wind blown desert and green river valleys to Patagonia in the extreme South with some of the hemisphere's highest peaks, untouched forests and notable glaciers.
One of the reasons Buenos Aires has such an interesting flare is that it is made up of forty-six different barrios, or neighborhoods, each with its own special history, plus the downtown area or El Centro where all the elements come together.
On the outskirts of Buenos Aires, about one half-hour by car, is the very unusual district of the Tigre Islands, in the Delta of Parana, where three thousand inhabitants live.
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 Buenos Aires   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Buenos Aires (BWAY-nos EYE-res, meaning "Good Air(s)" in Spanish), with a population of almost 3 million people, is the largest city in Argentina and one of the largest in South America.
Buenos Aires has one of the busiest ports in the world, and an enormous inland river system connecting it to the majority of Argentina as well as with Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay.
Since the 1970s Argentina and Buenos Aires has been famous for the desaparecidos, of which the signs could be seen in the Plaza de Mayo (next to the Casa Rosada) where the mothers of these desaparecidos used to protest.
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 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Buenos Aires   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Buenos Aires is located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent, opposite Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay.
The people of Buenos Aires are known as porteños ("people of the port"), acknowledging the major historical importance of the port in the development of the city and the whole nation.
The population of Buenos Aires consists primarily of Argentines of Spanish and Italian descent.
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 departures.com | Buenos Aires Travel Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Buenos Aires, a flat port city of some 11 million people, is situated on the west bank of the tawny-colored Río de la Plata, or River Plate.
Buenos Aires is an ideal city to explore on foot—though crossing the heavily trafficked expanse of Avenida 9 de Julio can be nerve-racking.
Buenos Aires has a highly developed café society, but the espresso and cappuccino that are served in this South American capital are dilute by Italian—or even American—standards.
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 A2Z Languages: Barrios (neighborhoods) in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires is a wonderful city with wide boulevards, green parks complete with many statues and fountains, and interesting neighborhoods, each with its own flavor.
It is an elegant neighbourhood with a famous cemetery, the colonial church of Nuestra Señora del Pilar and a cultural and commercial centre.
The barrio of Belgrano is on the outskirts of the city and has several significant museums.
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 Buenos Aires Information
Buenos Aires is a great metropolis with 11 million inhabitants and one of the largest in the world.
Buenos Aires, close to the splendid countryside surrounding it, is the great cosmopolitan doorway to South America.
Buenos Aires' climate is humid, with an annual rainfall of 900 mm spread fairly evenly throughout the year.
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 departures.com | Buenos Aires   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Of course, in Buenos Aires cell phones are less a symptom of affluence than an admission that the regular phone system is a shambles.
Although Buenos Aires is big—the greater metropolitan area has a population of around 11 million—it actually feels a manageable, unintimidating place, being divided into distinct barrios, each with an easily recognizable personality.
To the east is the vast expanse of the River Plate; to the north are the dignified barrios of Recoleta and Palermo; while to the west are the immense Teatro Colón, the city's opera house, and the green copper dome of the congress.
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 Buenos Aires Logistics on Concierge.com
Several passenger rail stations around Buenos Aires service the various regions of the country and the city's suburbs.
Trains from Estación Constitución (in the barrio that shares its name) head south, with Metropolitano running service out to Ezeiza and other points in Buenos Aires province, and Ferrobaires running longer hauls to such coastal destinations as Bahía Blanca, Miramar, and Mar del Plata.
Buenos Aires' bus terminal, or Estación Terminal de Omnibus (Avenida Ramos Mejía 1680), is located in the Retiro section of downtown, next to the Retiro train station.
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 buenos aires blogs
Though we began our 4th day in Buenos Aires unfamiliar with the joys of Buquebus, by the end of the day we were all humming the tour boat's theme song.
We discussed future travel plans over drinks and a cheese tray, and rubbed elbows with the Rich and Famous of Buenos Aires, most of whom were dressed scantily (at least the females) and wearing fur.
Buenos Aires was, at first glance (keeping in mind that it was dark and our sole perspective so far was from the backseat of an airport taxi) a very diverse city, and much bigger than Santiago with approximately 11 million residents.
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 International Academic Programs: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires is a complex city that is home to wonderful attractions and one of the most cosmopolitan societies in the world.
The tango is king in Buenos Aires and is performed in supper clubs and on the street.
Past placements have included work with: The Buenos Aires Herald, Argentina ’s premier English-language daily newspaper; the commercial section of the United States Embassy; and non-governmental organizations such as Puna Huasi, an organization that deals with Aboriginal issues.
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Image:Buenos Aires rainy day.pngthumb200pxBuenos Aires on a rainy day ==Economy== Buenos Aires is the financial, industrial, commercial, and cultural hub of Argentina.
Transportation means are the ''colectivo'' (a small bus, historically built out of a truck chassis and sitting 21 to 27) and the subway, known locally as the Buenos Aires Metrosubte.
Buenos Aires Oscar Galvez racetrack hosted twenty editions of the Formula One Argentine Grand Prix between 1953 and 1998; its discontinuation was due to financial reasons.
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 General Information --> Buenos Aires
These barrios have clearly defined limits, but informal boundaries are rarely congruent and often contradictory -the line between Palermo and Recoleta, for instance, is often indistinct, while Av.
All the airlines that fly to Argentina arrive at the Ezeiza (Ministro Pistarini) International Airport of Buenos Aires, 35 km from the Federal Capital and connected to it by the Teniente General Ricchieri motorway.
Once you are living in Buenos Aires, we suggest you always to take a radio taxi (by phone or ask in the front desk of your hotel: Premium 4374 6667, Blue Way 4777-8888, Onda Verde 4867-0000).
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 Learn Spanish in Buenos Aires :: Spanish Course
By day it's a display of colonial buildings and faded architecture but by night the air is filled with the sultry rhythms of tango and the sound of many a bar opening its door to a fashionable, and fashionably late, crowd.
The school itself is the largest of its type in Buenos Aires, boasting 20 spacious air-conditioned classrooms with large windows, a computer room with free internet access and a video room.
Buenos Aires has everything to offer – you can play sport in Spanish, watch sport in Spanish, go to aerobics in Spanish, see theatre and cinema in Spanish.
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 WH Committee: Report of the 8th Session, Buenos Aires 1984
Historic centres and ancient districts should be listed only where they have a large number of ancient buildings in a sufficiently good state of preservation to provide a direct indication of the characteristic features of a town of exceptional interest.
Inclusion in the List implies that legislative and administrative measures must first be taken to secure the protection of the property and its environment.
As concerns tentative lists of natural sites, the representative of IUCN noted some differences between the needs for evaluation of cultural and natural properties and suggested that indicative lists of natural properties were not absolutely indispensable for IUCN to evaluate natural nominations.
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 Buenos Aires Restaurants - Find Buenos Aires Restaurants and Read User Reviews Online
Cuisines from Asia, Europe and just about everywhere are plentiful throughout Buenos Aires, yet Argentines are most often drawn to what’s called the parrilla (or grill), a traditional eatery from modest to upscale and noted for grilled cuts of meat, plus sweetbreads, tripe and other taste sensations.
In Buenos Aires, eateries sometimes have bilingual menus or someone on staff capable of translating into English.
DiningGuide Buenos Aires is part of MetroGuide Buenos Aires, offering guides to events, hotels, attractions and more for the entire region.
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 Buenos Aires Hotels, Buenos Aires Accomodation, Argentina Buenos Aires Hotels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
These Buenos Aires Hotels are the most convenient for your stay, being central and therefore close to the major Buenos Aires attractions such as the Obelisk, Plaza de Mayo, the Pink House, the Cathedral, Avenida de Mayo, the Congress Building, Florida Shopping Street, the Teatro Colon, Plaza San Martin and much more.
These Buenos Aires Hotels are in the more laid back area of Palermo, and also the area surrounding it, unofficially dubbed 'Barrio Norte'.
These Buenos Aires Hotels are in the historic area of the adjoining barrios of San Telmo and Monserrat.
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 Buenos Aires - New York Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Buenos Aires, of course, is beef-crazed, and Cabaña Las Lilas (Avenida Alicia Moreau de Justo 516; 4313-1336; www.laslilas.com), based in the tourist-packed Puerto Madero port, is arguably its most famous, and expensive, purveyor, where a T-bone steak costs 49 pesos.
The Buenos Aires art world got an upgrade in November, when works by Cézanne, Gauguin and Renoir, stolen from Bellas Artes on Christmas in 1980 and found in Paris in 2002, were returned and joined works ranging from Manet to Rothko.
Barring one of the regular openings at Malba (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires), where free wine brings out a large portion of the city's art students, there's El Diamante (Malabia 1688, second floor; 4831-5735; closed Sundays).
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 Buenos Aires Apartments Rent
Corporate apartments in Buenos Aires for temporary housing or long-term accommodation in Buenos Aires.
Although Gran Buenos Aires has swollen to 13 million people, most tourists stick to the Capital Federal, which is home to a mere 3 million porteños (locals) and is divided into 48 barrios (neighborhoods).
Uptown is the ritzy barrio of Recoleta, while the trendy tree-lined Palermo has parks aplenty and Buenos Aires' hottest bars and ethnic eats.
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 Architecture, Buenos Aires. Argentina
Architecture By 1900 Buenos Aires was one of the twelve world capitals with finest architecture.
In terms of growing, Buenos Aires was the third most growing city behind Hamburg and Chicago.
Architectural experts who have studied Buenos Aires buildings agree to describe the city’s architecture not as mere copies of the European designs, but a special and authentic view of world major trends that were brought to the Buenos Aires scene transgressing the Old continent’s hard and austere lines.
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 Buenos Aires: Hotter Than the Tango - Newsweek: Tip Sheet Travel - MSNBC.com
Buenos Aires is often called the Paris of South America—a city of grand boulevards, vibrant culture and seductive style that, for Taylor, is "passionately intoxicating."
The result: Buenos Aires is hotter than a torrid tango.
Buenos Aires, with its rich Italian-immigrant heritage, is also a pasta lover's paradise.
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 32nd Buenos Aires International Book Fair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Buenos Aires International Book Fair is tantamount to a city of books, a catalog of national and international publishing industries, and a superb cultural event.
There will be panel discussions, conferences, video conferences and interviews with prestigious national and foreign intellectuals; launchings of new titles; shows; family, young people, and children-involving activities; besides the classic meetings, courses, and cycles, many new activities have been incorporated.
The list of activities proposed by the Fair meets all kinds of interests.
www.el-libro.com.ar /index_eng.html   (1149 words)

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