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1 Which of the following titles did Buenos Aires have?

2 There are many state-run, taxpayer-funded universities in Argentina, as well as a number of ________.

3 Buenos Aires, for the most part, is a very walkable city and the majority of residents in Buenos Aires use ________.

4 The city has been the centre of the Argentine cinema industry in ________ for over 100 years since French camera operator Eugene Py directed the pioneering film La Bandera Argentina in 1897.

5 What is the total area of Buenos Aires in square km?

6 What is the land area of Buenos Aires in square km?

7 [9] The people of Buenos Aires also elect 25 national deputies to the ________.

8 It was already capital of ________, and between 1853 and 1860 it was the capital of the seceded State of Buenos Aires.

9 He won the ________ numerous times in the 1970s.

10 How many square miles is Buenos Aires in area?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the conspirators for the 1810 Argentine Independence movement's May Revolution had their secret gatherings at Hipólito Vieytes′s soap factory in Buenos Aires?
  • when the new Argentine dreadnought Rivadavia arrived in Buenos Aires on 19 February 1915, over 47,000 people, including President Victorino de la Plaza, came out to see the ship?
  • during the Puna de Atacama dispute the U.S. minister in Buenos Aires and two delegates from Chile and Argentina drew the northern portion of the border between Chile and Argentina?
  • during its operational history 1874–1926 the Argentine Corvette Uruguay (pictured) was a gunboat, school ship, expedition support ship, and Antarctic rescue vessel, and is now a museum ship in Buenos Aires?
  • Argentine President Juan Perón took refuge in the Libertador Building in Buenos Aires before he was deposed and exiled in a coup d'état in 1955?
  • Ibrahim Hussein Berro was recently identified as the suicide bomber in the 1994 AMIA Bombing in Buenos Aires?
  • Argentine adventurer Emilio Scotto had only US$306 when he left Buenos Aires in 1985 on his record-breaking 10-year motorcycle journey?
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