Ensenada, Buenos Aires Explained

Settlement Type:City
Official Name:Ensenada
Pushpin Map:Argentina
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Argentina
Pushpin Mapsize:240
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1: Buenos Aires
Subdivision Type2:Partido
Subdivision Name2:Ensenada
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1801
Population As Of:2010 census
Population Total:54,463
Coordinates:-34.8644°N -57.9103°W
Elevation M:4
Postal Code Type:CPA Base
Postal Code:B 1925
Area Code:+54 221

Ensenada (pronounced as /es/) is a city and port in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, located around the Ensenada de Barragán. It has 31,031 inhabitants as per the . It is the capital of Ensenada Partido, andtogether with Berisso Partido they are the main suburbs of the Gran La Plata conurbation around the provincial capital of La Plata.

The port of Ensenada carries grain and beef exports, as well as industrial shipments. The volume traded has been recently growing at the expense of the Buenos Aires 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 and Bahía Blanca) is slated to experience further growth.

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