Editing Buenos Aires Province (section)

{{short description|Province of Argentina}}
{{about|the province|the capital and largest city of Argentina|Buenos Aires|the independent republic that existed from 1852 to 1861|State of Buenos Aires}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Buenos Aires
| official_name      = {{raise|0.2em|Province of Buenos Aires}}<br />{{nobold|{{lang|es|Provincia de Buenos Aires}} {{small|([[Spanish language|Spanish]])}}}}
| native_name        = 
| native_name_lang   = es
| settlement_type    = [[Provinces of Argentina|Province]]
| image_flag         = Bandera de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.svg
| flag_alt           = 
| image_seal         = 
| seal_alt           = 
| image_shield       = Coat of arms of the Buenos Aires Province.svg
| shield_alt         = 
| image_skyline      = Casa y montaña.jpg
| image_caption      = View of [[Cerro Tres Picos|Tres Picos Hill]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = 
| image_map          = Buenos Aires Province in Argentina (+Falkland hatched)-2.svg
| map_alt            = 
| map_caption        = Location of Buenos Aires Province within Argentina
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| coordinates        = {{Coord|37|S|60|W|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint      = 
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| subdivision_type   = [[Sovereign state|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = [[Argentina]]
| subdivision_type1  = 
| subdivision_name1  = [[Partidos of Buenos Aires|partido]]
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 
| founder            = 
| seat_type          = [[Capital city|Capital]]
| seat               = [[La Plata]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 17,569,053
| population_as_of   = 2022 census<ref>{{Cite web |title=Distribución de la población por jurisdicción. Total del país. Año 2022 |language=es |url=https://www.censo.gob.ar/index.php/mapa_poblacion1/ |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos |access-date=18 March 2023 |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408092401/https://www.censo.gob.ar/index.php/mapa_poblacion1/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| population_rank    = [[List of Argentine provinces by population|1st]]
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = ''bonaerense''
| population_note    = 
| unit_pref          = Metric
| area_footnotes     = <br />[[Provinces of Argentina#List of provinces|Ranked 1st]]
| area_total_km2     = 307,571
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| government_footnotes = 
| leader_party       = [[Justicialist Party|PJ]]-[[Union for the Homeland|UxP]]
| leader_title       = [[Governor of Buenos Aires Province|Governor]]
| leader_name        = [[Axel Kicillof]]
| leader_title1      = Vice Governor
| leader_name1       = [[Verónica Magario]] ([[Justicialist Party|PJ]]-[[Union for the Homeland|UxP]])
| leader_title2      = [[Legislature of Buenos Aires Province|Legislature]]
| leader_name2       = [[Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies|Chamber of Deputies]] (92)<br />[[Buenos Aires Province Senate|Senate]] (46)
| leader_title3      = [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|National Deputies]]
| leader_name3       = [[List of current Argentine deputies|70]]
| leader_title4      = [[Argentine Senate|National Senators]]
| leader_name4       = [[Maximiliano Abad]] ([[Radical Civic Union|UCR]])<br />[[Eduardo de Pedro]] ([[Justicialist Party|PJ]])<br />[[Juliana Di Tullio]] ([[Justicialist Party|PJ]])
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 
| timezone1          = [[Time in Argentina|ART]]
| utc_offset1        = −03:00
| timezone1_DST      = <!--NO-->
| utc_offset1_DST    = <!--NO-->
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal code]]s
| postal_code        = B1601XXX to B8512XXX<ref>{{cite web|title=Buenos Aires Postal Codes|url=https://postalcodes.azinfoportal.com/argentina/buenos-aires|website=postalcodes.azinfoportal.com|accessdate=27 February 2024}}</ref>
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| iso_code           = [[ISO 3166-2:AR|AR-B]]
| blank_name         = '''[[Human Development Index|HDI]]''' (2021)
| blank_info         = 0.842 {{color|darkgreen|very high}} ([[List of Argentine provinces by Human Development Index|11th]])<ref>{{cite web |title=El mapa del desarrollo humano en Argentina |url=https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-11/PNUD_ElMapaDelDesarrollo_FINAL_1.pdf |work=[[United Nations Development Programme]] |date=25 June 2023 |access-date=26 June 2023 |archive-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611203524/https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-11/PNUD_ElMapaDelDesarrollo_FINAL_1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
| demographics_type2 = GDP
| demographics2_title1 = Total
| demographics2_info1 = peso 7,573 billion<br />(US$162 billion) (2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=PBG Buenos Aires 2019 |url=http://www.estadistica.ec.gba.gov.ar/dpe/images/PBG-PBA_2019.pdf |access-date=2023-12-27 |archive-date=2024-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118221321/http://www.estadistica.ec.gba.gov.ar/dpe/images/PBG-PBA_2019.pdf |url-status=live }}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
| website            = {{URL|www.gba.gob.ar/}}
}}
'''Buenos Aires''',{{efn|{{IPA|es|ˈbwenos ˈajɾes}}}} officially the '''Buenos Aires Province''',{{efn|''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' {{IPA|es|pɾoˈβinsja ðe ˈβwenos ˈajɾes}}}} is the largest and most populous [[Provinces of Argentina|Argentine province]]. It takes its name from the city of [[Buenos Aires]], the capital of the country, which used to be part of the province and the province's capital until it was [[Federalization of Buenos Aires|federalized]] in 1880. Since then, in spite of bearing the same name, the province does not include Buenos Aires city, though it does include all other parts of the [[Greater Buenos Aires]] metropolitan area. The capital of the province is the city of [[La Plata]], founded in 1882.

It is bordered by the provinces of [[Entre Ríos Province|Entre Ríos]] to the northeast, [[Santa Fe Province|Santa Fe]] to the north, [[Córdoba Province, Argentina|Córdoba]] to the northwest, [[La Pampa Province|La Pampa]] to the west, [[Río Negro Province|Río Negro]] to the south and west and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires to the northeast. [[Uruguay]] is just across the [[Rio de la Plata]] to the northeast, and both are on the coast of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the east. Almost the entire province is part of the [[Pampas]] geographical region, with the extreme south often considered part of the [[Patagonia]] region.

The province has a population of about 17.5 million people, which is 38% of Argentina's total population. The province covers an area of {{convert|307571|km2|abbr=on}}, which is about 11% of Argentina's total area and makes it the country's largest province.