Buenos Aires, Argentina · South America
Bahía Blanca sits on the route: 30 minutes from Punta Alta.
Bahía Blanca is a city located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. With a population of 299,101, it is an important destination in South America.
On a road trip, Bahía Blanca sits in Argentina, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Argentina/Buenos Aires time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Bahía Blanca to your route.
Bahía Blanca (Spanish pronunciation: [baˈi.a ˈβlaŋka]; lit. 'White Bay'), colloquially referred to by its own local inhabitants as simply Bahía, is a city in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina, centered on the northwestern end of the eponymous Blanca Bay of the Argentine Sea. It is the 4th largest city in theRead more
province, and the 16th largest in the country by metropolitan population. It is the seat of government of the Bahía Blanca Partido, with 336,574 inhabitants according to the 2022 census [INDEC]. Bahía Blanca is the principal city in the Greater Bahía Blanca metropolitan area.
The city has an important seaport with a depth of 15 m (49 ft), kept constant upstream almost all along the length of the bay, where the Napostá Stream drains.
Bahía Blanca means "White Bay". The name is due to the color of the salt covering the local soil surrounding the shores. The bay (which is an estuary) was seen by Ferdinand Magellan during his first circumnavigation of the world on the order of Charles I of Spain in 1520, looking for a canal connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean along the coasts of South America.
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Bahía Blanca is located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. The coordinates are -38.7176 latitude, -62.2655 longitude.
Bahía Blanca has a population of approximately 299,101 people, making it a city in Argentina.
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