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Balvanera

Balvanera is a barrio or neighborhood of , . Balvanera has about 152,000 residents.
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  • Type: Suburb with 152,000 residents
  • Description: neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Also known as: “Balvanera, Buenos Aires” and “Balvanera, Buenos Aires, Argentina”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Teatro Colón and Palacio Barolo.

Theater building
Photo: EEJCC, CC0.
The is a historic opera house in , . It is considered one of the ten best opera houses in the world by National Geographic.

Photo: Eugenio Hansen, OFS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a landmark office building, located at 1370 , in the neighborhood of , , . It stood as Buenos Aires' tallest building for more than a decade until the construction of the in 1936.

Photo: Sebastianalmaraz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Obelisco de Buenos Aires is a national historic monument and icon of . Located in the Plaza de la República in the intersection of avenues Corrientes and 9 de Julio, the reinforced concrete structure was erected in 1936 to commemorate the quadricentennial of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro and Palermo & Recoleta.

Photo: Roger Schultz, CC BY 2.0.
The center of has most of the city's attractions, including performances in the Tribunales theater district, the dense downtown area with government buildings, the San Telmo tango scene, and the biggest train station and the general bus station that offers connections to the surrounding provinces and neighboring countries.

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The northern part of includes hip Palermo and affluent Recoleta.

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The south of includes the colorful La Boca and Barracas neighborhoods. La Boca is a working class district of , considered Buenos Aires's most colorful neighborhood with a very outgoing personality.

Balvanera

Latitude
-34.6092° or 34° 36′ 33″ south
Longitude
-58.4031° or 58° 24′ 11″ west
Population
152,000
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Open location code
48Q39HRW+8P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1784611459
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6693228
Wiki­data ID
Q805848
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Balvanera” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բալվաներա”
  • Basque: “Balvanera”
  • Catalan: “Balvanera”
  • Cebuano: “Balvanera”
  • Chinese: “巴尔巴内拉”
  • Chinese: “巴尔瓦内拉”
  • Chinese: “巴尔瓦内拉区”
  • Dutch: “Balvanera”
  • Esperanto: “Balvanera”
  • French: “Balvanera”
  • German: “Balvanera”
  • Irish: “Balvanera”
  • Italian: “Balvanera”
  • Japanese: “バルバネーラ”
  • Korean: “발바네라”
  • Latin: “Balvanera”
  • Lithuanian: “Balvanera”
  • Lithuanian: “Onsė”
  • Malagasy: “Balvanera”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Balvanera”
  • Portuguese: “Balvanera”
  • Russian: “Бальванера (Буэнос-Айрес)”
  • Russian: “Бальванера”
  • Slovenian: “Balvanera”
  • Spanish: “Balvanera”
  • Spanish: “Barrio de Balvanera”
  • Turkish: “Balvanera”

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Balvanera”. Photo: Bleff, CC BY-SA 3.0.