1 2008-12-17T21:02:52+00:00 das 102 true 2009-01-27T13:00:48+00:00 136 23 Ushuaia,Ushuaja,Ushuajja,Ushuaïa,Usuaja,Ušuaja,Ушуайя,Ушуая,אושואיה,乌斯怀亚,우슈아이아 Ushuaia 4.0 AR Ushuaia (pronounced [u'swaia]) is the capital of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, and by agreement the world's second-southernmost city (see discussion below). It is located on the southern coast of the island of Tierra del Fuego in a wide bay, guarded on the north by the Martial mountain range and on the south by the Beagle Channel. Its population in 1999 was estimated at 57,300 It is the only municipality of the Department of Ushuaia, which has an area of 9,390 km² (3,625 sq mi). The city was originally named by early British colonists after the name that the native Yámana people had for the area. Much of the early history of the city and its hinterland is described in great detail in Lucas Bridges’s book Uttermost Part of the Earth (1948). For most of the first half of the 20th century, the city was centered around a prison for serious criminals. The Argentine government set up this prison following the example of the British with Australia or the French with Devil's Island: escape from a prison on Tierra del Fuego was similarly impossible. The prisoners thus became forced colonists and spent much of their time cutting wood in the forest around the prison and building the town. They also built a railway to the settlement, now a tourist attraction known as the End of the World Train (Tren del Fin del Mundo), the southernmost railway in the world. Ushuaia is surrounded by Magellanic subpolar forests; on the hills around the town we can find indigenous trees of the area: Drimys winteri (Winter's bark), Maytenus magellanica (hard log mayten) and several species of Nothofagus that give to the landscape a magnificent greenness. 0 P PPLA 204 -9999 3833367 -54.8 -68.3 Ushuaia 2008-09-15T01:49:02+00:00 58028 32221 http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1250/768329071_f826be67e8_s.jpg America/Argentina/Ushuaia 2008-09-15T01:49:02+00:00 7 Buenos Aires,Μπουένος ΄Aιρες Buenos Aires 5.0 AR Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina. Buenos Aires is located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent. Greater Buenos Aires is the third largest conurbation in Latin America, with a population of about 13 million. After the internal conflicts of the 19th century, Buenos Aires was federalised and removed from Buenos Aires Province in 1880; its city limits were enlarged to include the former towns of Belgrano and Flores; both are now neighbourhoods in the city. Buenos Aires (English: Fair Winds or Good Air (see Names of Buenos Aires), pronounced [ˈbwe.nɔs ˈaj.ɾɛs]) was originally named after the sanctuary of "Nostra Signora di Bonaria" (Italian for "Our Lady of Fair Winds", also known as "Virgine de Bonaria") located in Cagliari, Sardinia. In the 1994 constitution, the city was given autonomy, hence its formal name: Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. People from Buenos Aires are called porteños (people of the port). 0 P PPLC 205 13 3435910 -34.5761256319 -58.4088134766 Buenos Aires 2008-10-06T04:11:47+00:00 13076300 32205 http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/138394388_8d3a5b54bf_s.jpg America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires 2008-10-06T04:11:47+00:00