Greater Buenos Aires
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Greater Buenos Aires (Spaingie: Gran Buenos Aires; GBA) is the urban agglomeration comprisin the autonomous ceety o Buenos Aires an the adjacent 24 partidos (municipalities) ower the Province o Buenos Aires. Thus, it does no constitute a single admeenistrative unit. The conurbation spreads sooth, wast an north o Buenos Aires ceety. Tae the east, the River Plate serves as a natural boondar.
Urban sprawl, especially atween 1945 an 1980, creatit a vast conurbation o 9,910,282 inhabitants in the 24 conurbated partidos, as of 2010, an a total o 12,801,365 includin the Ceety o Buenos Aires, a third o the total population o Argentinae.
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History
The term Gran Buenos Aires ("Greater Buenos Aires") wis first offeecially uised in 1948, when Govrenor o Buenos Aires Province Domingo Mercante signed a bill delineatin as such a aurie coverin 14 coonties surroondin the Ceety o Buenos Aires.[2] The term is relatit tae ither expressions that are no necessarily well-defined an aw: the "Buenos Aires' conurbation" (Conurbano Bonaerense), the "Greater Buenos Aires Agglomeration" (Aglomerado Gran Buenos Aires), an the "Metropolitan Aurie o Buenos Aires" (Área Metropolitana Buenos Aires, AMBA).
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Definition
The Naitional Institute o Statistics an Censuses (INDEC) haes defined Greater Buenos Aires.[3] Thare are three main groups athin the Buenos Aires' Conurbation. The first twa groups (24 partidos) comprise the tradeetional conurbation, or the "conurbation proper". The third group o sax partidos is in process o becomin fully integratit wi the rest.
Leet o ceeties in Greater Buenos Aires

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