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Buenos Aires City

Buenos Aires City (BWAY-nos EYE-res, Spanish: Ciudad de Buenos Aires) is the capital city and commercial/industrial centre of the nation of Argentina. It is located at the mouth of the Plata River (Rio de la Plata), on the southeast coast of the South American continent.

(Note: see Buenos Aires for details.)

On March 17, 1992 a suicide car-bomb exploded in the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires killing 29 and injuring 242.

See also: Cities of the world, List of national capitals

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