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Mar del Plata
South America is a continent situated in the western hemisphere and, mostly, the southern hemisphere, bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean, North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. Argentina is a country in southern South America. It ranks second in land area in South America, and eighth in the world.
Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in the Buenos Aires Province, the wealthiest and most populated province of Argentina, and 400 kilometers south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is one of the major fishing ports and the biggest seaside beach resort in Argentina. With a population of 541,733 as per the 2001 census, it is the 7th largest urban area in Argentina.
There is a well-developed packaging machines industry, its quality recognized in international markets. One of these companies was one of the pioneers in tea bags automatic packaging, exporting its original machine-designs abroad. Another company also exports its products and sold royalties to other countries. Mar del Plata is the most popular destination for conventions in Argentina after Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata has a wide range of services in this sector. The summer season hosts over fifty theatrical plays.
The development of the city as a season resort in early 20th Century led the upper class tourists from Buenos Aires to built-up a European-inspired architecture, based mainly on the picturesque and later on the art deco styles. This gave Mar del Plata the pompous nickname of the Argentine Biarritz. During the 30's and well beyond the 40's, local architects and builders, like Auro Tiribelli, Arturo Lemmi, Alberto Corsico-Picollini and Jose Camusso recreated and transformed the picturesque values into a middle-class scale, marking the beginning of the so called Mar del Plata Style, consisting in small samples of the luxury-laden summer residences of the high society, with some Californian features.
The dense Amazon rainforest, the jagged spires of the Andes Mountains, the Tropical beaches and the Towering waterfalls, with this kind of nature all around, it's no wonder why South America have become nearly synonymous with Adventure travel and ecotourism.
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