Buenos Aires is a singular place, open, that combines the city with an exceptional urban experience.
Buenos Aires city is the capital of Argentina, located in the south hemisphere of the American Continent, latitud 34º 36' and longitude 58º 26'. The city covers flat ground and it has 202km2. 3 million people live there. If we add the metropolitan people, we get more than 10 million people, and because of this it is one of the 10 more populated urban centers in the world.
The Rio de la Plata and the Riachuelo are its natural borders to the East and South. The avenue called General Paz, which borders the city from North to West, completes the border of the city. This avenue joins in a quick way the capital with the Gran Buenos Aires, a place with great concentration of people and activities.
The weather in Buenos Aires is good throughout the year. The average temperature is of 18º. The coldest month is July. Even though there are no snowfalls it is necessary to go out with coats, jackets or overcoat and scarf. In winter, the days are not so cold but at night, the temperature descends considerably.
In summer, the weather is hot and wet. The mornings are hot, very hot by midday. At night, the temperature descends a little bit and there is no need of coats.
The rainiest seasons are autumn and spring (from March to June and from September to December).
In the sunny days of autumn and spring, the mornings are cool, and the temperature descends at night.
Buenos Aires was founded twice:
The first time in 1536. Don Pedro de Mendoza, Spanish colonizer, established the first settlement. He called it: Cuidad del Espiritu Santo and Puerto Santa Maria del Buen Ayre. The second and last time, was in 1580. Juan de Garay called it Ciudad de Trinidad. In the XIX century a great amount of immigrants arrived at the city. This was promoted by the Argentinian State to populate the nation.
Spanish, Italian, Sirio-Libaneses, Polish and Russian gave Buenos Aires the eclecticism that distinguishes it.
Throughout the XX century more migrations allowed Buenos Aires to be a cosmopolitan city where people from different cultures live together.
Her inhabitants are called "Porteños", name that refers to the condition of Buenos Aires of being a Portuaria City (having a harbour). The people from the city are called "bonaerenses". The spirit of the porteños is kind and that of hospitality: they use to organize dinners at home to share with guests. The tipycal drink is el "mate". It is prepared by pouring water into a small bowl containing yerba mate. Some people add sugar, but the majority prefers "un amargo".
