Mar del Plata is a city located in the southeast of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the coast of Argentine Sea. It is the head of the party of General Pueyrredón, a major port and beach resort and the second city of country's most important tourism after Buenos Aires as in summer the population can increase by 400%, so it has a great deal of hotel infrastructure. Highway 2 after the 414 km link with Buenos Aires and is located 365 km from La Plata.
It was founded with its current name on 10 February 1874 by Patricio Peralta Ramos, in a room of his own, based on the second of three extinct Jesuit Missions of the Pampa, founded in the second half of the eighteenth century, called our Lady of the Pillar of Puelches, who later received the name of "Puerto de la Laguna de los Padres" 1
The main activities are the port, fishing, tourism and the textile industry. The main activity of the port, fishing is also complemented by oil and grain ships. The city has a new passenger terminal for cruise ships and a naval submarine base. Among the wide variety of industries also include those derived from horticulture, construction and mechanical and some have seating Industrial Park General Manuel Savio.
In sports it has a sports complex that was co-host of the World Cup 1978, hosted the 1995 Pan American Games and where the final of the Davis Cup 2008 was played and where they carry out other national and regional competitions and the place where different disciplines being practiced football which attracts more public. The aldosivi and Club Atletico Alvarado are the most popular teams. In addition, the city is known for its quality in basketball, where the Club Atletico Peñarol and Quilmes Club Atlétco represent the sport at the level nacional.2 3
It is also an important center for education, for what has educational institutions of all levels, culture hub of various disciplines and various museums. It also has open channels of cable television and three AM radios and a wide range of over fifty FM stations.
