La Plata

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city planned city

La Plata is the planned capital city of Argentina’s Buenos Aires Province, known for its distinctive diagonal street grid and cultural and educational institutions.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → planned city →
administrativeDivision	partido of La Plata →
capitalOf	Buenos Aires Province →
climate	humid subtropical climate →
continent	South America →
country	Argentina →
distanceToBuenosAires	approximately 60 km southeast →
foundedAs	capital of Buenos Aires Province →
governingBody	Municipality of La Plata →
hasCulturalInstitution	La Plata Museum of Natural Sciences → Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Latinoamericano de La Plata → Museo de Arte Municipal → Teatro Argentino de La Plata →
hasEducationalInstitution	National University of La Plata → National University of the Northwest of the Province of Buenos Aires (La Plata campus) →
hasFeature	diagonal avenues crossing the grid → regular square blocks →
hasGovernmentBody	Government of Buenos Aires Province (executive branch seat) → Legislature of Buenos Aires Province → Supreme Court of Justice of Buenos Aires Province →
hasLandmark	La Plata Cathedral → La Plata Museum of Natural Sciences → Observatorio Astronómico de La Plata → Palacio Municipal de La Plata → Paseo del Bosque → Plaza Moreno → Plaza San Martín → Teatro Argentino de La Plata →
hasPublicSpace	Paseo del Bosque park → multiple plazas and green spaces →
hasSportsClub	Club Estudiantes de La Plata → Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata →
hasStadium	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata → Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi → Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo →
hasStreetPlan	diagonal avenues → orthogonal grid →
hasUniversity	National University of La Plata →
knownFor	cultural institutions → diagonal street grid → educational institutions → planned urban design →
languageUsed	Spanish →
locatedIn	Buenos Aires Province →
locatedInTimeZone	UTC−03:00 →
locatedNear	Río de la Plata →
partOf	Greater La Plata metropolitan area →
roadConnection	connected to Buenos Aires by highways and railways →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Maison Curutchet → Paseo del Bosque park →	locatedIn
Buenos Aires Province →	capital
Maison Curutchet →	city
Río de la Plata →	cityOnShore
Buenos Aires Province →	largestCity
Río de la Plata →	majorPortOnShore
Valparaíso →	sisterCity