Ensenada () is a city and port in
Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...
, Argentina, located around the
Ensenada de Barragán. It has 31,031 inhabitants as per the . It is the capital of
Ensenada Partido
Ensenada Partido () is a district (a " partido") of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, belonging to the Greater La Plata area, just south of the Gran Buenos Aires urban conglomerate.
The provincial district has a population of about 51,448 inhabita ...
, and
together with
Berisso Partido
Berisso Partido is a small eastern partido of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.
The provincial subdivision has a population of 80,092 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Berisso, which is around from Buenos Aires.
The dis ...
they are the main suburbs of the
Gran La Plata
Gran La Plata (Greater La Plata) is an urban agglomeration formed around the city of La Plata, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It includes the La Plata, Berisso and Ensenada '' partidos'' (departments).
Location
Gran La Plata is located to ...
conurbation around the provincial capital of
La Plata
La Plata () is the capital city of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. According to the , it has a population of 654,324 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 787,294 inhabitants. It is located 9 kilometers (6 miles) inland from th ...
.
The port of Ensenada carries
grain
A grain is a small, hard, dry fruit (caryopsis) – with or without an attached hull layer – harvested for human or animal consumption. A grain crop is a grain-producing plant. The two main types of commercial grain crops are cereals and legum ...
and
beef
Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle (''Bos taurus'').
In prehistoric times, humankind hunted aurochs and later domesticated them. Since that time, numerous breeds of cattle have been bred specifically for the quality or quantity ...
exports, as well as industrial shipments. The volume traded has been recently growing at the expense of the
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the RÃo de la Plata, on South ...
port, located 60 km to the north-west.
As Buenos Aires city authorities are considering repurposing the port of Buenos Aires as a passenger-only facility, the volume at Ensenada (as well as that of the ports in
Campana
Campana (Italian and Spanish for "bell") may refer to:
Places
* Campana Partido, Argentina, a ''partido'' (administrative subdivision) in Buenos Aires Province
** Campana, Buenos Aires Province, a city in Campana Partido
* Campana Island, Capità ...
and
BahÃa Blanca
BahÃa Blanca (; English: White Bay) is a city in the southwest of the provinces of Argentina, province of Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, and is the seat of government of the BahÃa Blanca Partido. It had 3 ...
) is slated to experience further growth.
References
*
Ensenada website Todo Ensenada Portal
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
Port settlements in Argentina
Populated places established in 1801
La Plata
Populated coastal places in Argentina
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