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Buenos Aires
Country: Argentina

Buenos Aires By The Numbers:

Population: 3,000,000 ( city ); 13,000,000 ( metro area ).

Land area: 1,687 square miles / 4,326 square kilometers

Average summer temperature: 84°F / 29°C

Average winter temperature: 57°F / 14°C

Annual rainfall: 37 in / 91 cm

Country dialing code: +54

Area code: 11

Quick Facts:

Major industries: cattle, oil, textiles, steel.

Currency: Peso ( ARA ) and centavos ( 100 to a peso ).

Time zone: GMT -3.

Electricity: 220 volts AC, 50Hz; two-round-pin plugs are standard.

Operative taxi cabs: 40,000

Did You Know?

Avenida 9 de Julio, wandering through the center of the Microcentre ( downtown ) is the widest street in the world at an imposing sixteen lanes.

In Buenos Aires, Tango music and its trademark dance moves were invented in the 1920s. Since tango was frowned upon, places that played tango were brothels and poorer suburbs.
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