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3 unusual facts about La Plata Partido


La Plata Partido

La Plata is home to one of the fiercest derby matches (clásicos) in Argentine football, contested between Estudiantes and Gimnasia y Esgrima.

Its capital is La Plata, which also serves as the capital of the province.

Ricardo Balbín

He was expelled from congress in 1949, and imprisoned at the Olmos Penal facility in La Plata.


Ernst Åberg

He also developed an interest in the establishment of Eucalyptus in the La Plata Partido, prompting Ferdinand von Mueller to name Eucalyptus abergiana (now Corymbia abergiana) in his honour in 1878.


see also

Peligro

El Peligro, a town in the La Plata Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina