25 Facts About Buenos Aires

1. Buenos Aires is a vibrant, beautiful city, full of colour, music and passion and is the perfect place for a stopover on your charter along the South American coast.

2. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha World City, according to the Loughborough University group's 2008 inventory.

3. Buenos Aires has recently opened a bus rapid transit system, the Metrobus.

4. Buenos Aires has over 280 theatres, more than any other city in the world.

5. Buenos Aires has over 250 parks and green spaces, the largest concentration of which are on the city's eastern side in the Puerto Madero, Recoleta, Palermo and Belgrano neighbourhoods.

6. Buenos Aires is a major center for psychoanalysis, particularly the Lacanian school.

7. Buenos Aires was the first city to host a Mundo Lingo event on 7 July 2011, which have been after replicated in up to 15 cities in 13 countries.

8. Buenos Aires is the home of the Teatro Colon, an internationally rated opera house.

9. The Port of Buenos Aires handles over 11 million revenue tons annually, and Dock Sud, just south of the city proper, handles another 17 million metric tons.

10. Port of Buenos Aires is one of the busiest in South America; navigable rivers by way of the Rio de la Plata connect the port to north-east Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay.

11. Buenos Aires is the financial, industrial, and commercial hub of Argentina.

12. Buenos Aires is the seat of a Roman Catholic metropolitan archbishop, currently Archbishop Mario Poli.

13. The population of Greater Buenos Aires was 13,147,638 according to 2010 census data.

14. Buenos Aires is represented in the Argentine Senate by three senators.

15. On 30 June 1996, voters in Buenos Aires chose their first elected mayor.

16. Buenos Aires attracted migrants from Argentina's provinces and neighboring countries.

17. Buenos Aires managed to endure the whole Spanish American wars of independence without falling again under royalist rule.

18. Buenos Aires became the capital again after its liberation, but Sobremonte could not resume his duties as viceroy.

19. From its earliest days, Buenos Aires depended primarily on trade.

20. Buenos Aires is a multicultural city, being home to multiple ethnic and religious groups.

21. Buenos Aires will host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and the 2018 G20 summit.

22. Buenos Aires held the 1st Pan American Games in 1951 as well as hosting two venues in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

23. Buenos Aires is considered an 'alpha city' by the study GaWC5.

24. Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina.

25. Buenos Aires is filled with kid-centric museums, plazas and parks, many with playgrounds.