Gran La Plata (Greater La Plata) is an urban agglomeration formed around the city of La Plata in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. It covers territory in the La Plata, Berisso and Ensenada partidos.
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Gran La Plata is located to the south of the Greater Buenos Aires agglomeration next to Rio de La Plata. To a small extent, the two metropolitan areas have slowly begun to merge together. Nevertheless, the main centres remain separated by two dense forest reserves: the "Punta Lara jungle" ("Selva marginal") by the River Plate, and the "Pereyra Iraola Forest" ("Parque Pereyra Iraola") a few kilometers inland.
The cities of Berisso and Ensenada existed before La Plata and were both candidates to form the capital of Buenos Aires Province when it was decided to separate Buenos Aires as an autonomous city. Eventually it was decided to create a new city to act as provincial capital and within a short period of time the two pre-existing towns were enveloped into the Gran La Plata conurbation.
| Settlement | Partido | Population (2001) | Population (1991) | Population (1980) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 694,253 | 642,802 | 578,813 | |
| La Plata | La Plata | 563,943 | 521,759 | 459,054 |
| La Plata[1] | La Plata | 182,055 | ||
| Villa Elvira | La Plata | 62,480 | ||
| Los Hornos | La Plata | 51,265 | ||
| Tolosa | La Plata | 44,977 | ||
| City Bell | La Plata | 26,612 | ||
| Villa Elisa | La Plata | 22,229 | ||
| Manuel B. Gonnet | La Plata | 21,416 | ||
| José Melchor Romero | La Plata | 20,730 | ||
| Ringuelet | La Plata | 15,312 | ||
| Lisandro Olmos | La Plata | 15,059 | ||
| Villa Montoro | La Plata | 13,835 | ||
| El Retiro | La Plata | 12,649 | ||
| Barrio Las Malvinas | La Plata | 11,414 | ||
| Barrio Las Quintas | La Plata | 8,003 | ||
| Barrio Gambier | La Plata | 7,477 | ||
| La Cumbre | La Plata | 7,313 | ||
| Joaquín Gorina | La Plata | 6,857 | ||
| Rufino de Elizalde | La Plata | 6,428 | ||
| Barrio El Carmen | La Plata | 5,906 | ||
| José Hernández| | La Plata | 5,333 | ||
| Abasto | La Plata | 4,577 | ||
| Arturo Seguí | La Plata | 3,894 | ||
| Transradio | La Plata | 3,713 | ||
| Ángel Etcheverry | La Plata | 2,671 | ||
| Villa Parque Sicardi | La Plata | 1,228 | ||
| Arana | La Plata | 268 | ||
| Villa Garibaldi | La Plata | 242 | ||
| Berisso | Berisso | 78,988 | 73,033 | 64,386 |
| Villa Porteña | Berisso | 14,343 | ||
| Berisso | Berisso | 14,201 | ||
| Villa Progreso | Berisso | 7,870 | ||
| Villa San Carlos | Berisso | 7,089 | ||
| Barrio El Carmen | Berisso | 6,894 | ||
| Villa Dolores | Berisso | 6,535 | ||
| Villa Independencia | Berisso | 6,472 | ||
| Villa Argüello | Berisso | 5,662 | ||
| Villa Zula | Berisso | 5,124 | ||
| Barrio Banco Provincia | Berisso | 1,867 | ||
| Villa Nueva | Berisso | 1,585 | ||
| Barrio Universiario | Berisso | 1,032 | ||
| Los Talas | Berisso | 494 | ||
| Ensenada | Ensenada | 51,322 | 48,010 | 41,310 |
| Ensenada[2] | Ensenada | 31,031 | ||
| Punta Lara | Ensenada | 8,410 | ||
| Villa Catella | Ensenada | 5,959 | ||
| Dique Nº 1 | Ensenada | 5,685 | ||
| Isla Santiago Oeste[3] | Ensenada | 237 |