(feminine: ''Porteña'', in
Spanish
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) is mainly used to refer to the
residents of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is also used for other port cities, such as
El Puerto de Santa María
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, Spain;
Valparaíso
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, Chile;
Mazatlán
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,
Veracruz
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,
Acapulco
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and
Tampico
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, Mexico;
Puerto Cabello
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, Venezuela;
Puerto Colombia
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, Colombia;
Puerto Suárez in Bolivia;
Puerto Cortés, Honduras;
Puntarenas, Costa Rica, and
Montevideo
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, Uruguay.
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