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Buenos Aires City
 Buenos Aires, Capital Federal - Photos: 1 and 3 Jorge González - 2 Palmiro Bedeschi.
 he Autonomous City of Buenos Aires is the Federal District of the Republic of Argentina and the most important cosmopolitan urban center in the country.
Bathed by the Río de la Plata on the East, it borders on the "Riachuelo" (brook) to the South whereas the metropolitan perimeter is given by the General Paz Beltway, which borders the city from North to West.
The weather in Buanos Aires is oceanic temperate. The annual average temperature is 18ºC. There are no frosts in the winter and the temperatures range from 3ºC to 8ºC. In the summer, it is hot and humid and the average temperature is 28ºC.
The Buenos Aires transportation system offers multiple alternatives, including Ezeiza International Airport, Jorge Newbery Airport, an important web of subways and more than a hundred bus lines that cover the whole city and join it to the rest of the cities belonging to Greater Buenos Aires.
Regarding fluvial transport, Buenos Aires is linked to The Eastern Republic of Uruguay through ferries and cruisers. Furthermore, there are many railway lines that take you downtown through Retiro, Constitución, Once and Federico Lacroze Railway Stations.
Popularly known as the "Queen of the Río de la Plata", the city is recognized because of the varied artistic expressions that ornament and surprise tourists with various monuments, wall paintings, galleries and art museums.
Among the most visited places in this beautiful capital city, you can find the San Telmo Fair, the recreational spots in the northern waterfront area and the natural park in the southern waterfront area.
The tours and excursions that show the strong cosmopolitan spirit of Buenos Aires are Caminito, Recoleta, La Boca, the Mataderos Fair, the Botanical Garden, the Zoo, the Japanese Garden and the Holly Land Theme Park, which is the first religious theme park in the world.
Other remarkably interesting places due to their historical value are the "Cabildo" (City Hall), the Cathedral, the City Palace, the Obelisk, Colón Theatre, the Block of the Lights and the Planetarium.
At night, "the city that nevers sleeps" offers concerts, shows, theatres, cinemas, floating casinos, discos, cafés and pubs.
For all these reasons, Buenos Aires owns an open door identity that offers an endless variety of entertainment choices. 
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