This article was originally published in Domus 875 / November 2004
Gabriele Basilico: Buenos Aires
Density (2001) 13,679.6 per sq km
Surface area 202 sq km
Surface as percentage of Argentina 0.005%
Average annual temperature 18°
Latitude 34° 36', longitude 58° 26'
Currency Argentine peso $ = € 0.27 (18.10.2004)
Inhabitants (2nd half of 2003) 2,868,000
Women (2001) 1,517,680
Minors (2nd half of 2003) 517,000
Indigent minors (2nd half of 2003) 37.4%
Life expectancy (1990-1992): men 69.17; women 76.45 years
Births in official institutes (2001) 27,779
Infant mortality rate (2001) 9.6/1,000 births
Homes with computer 41%; with Internet 27%; with fixed telephone 42%; with mobile phone 88%; with television 1,400,000
Homes with fewer than two persons per room (1991) 87.9%
Homes with two or three persons per room (1991) 10.1%
Five-star hotels (2002) 15
Hotels (2002) 412
Beds in Four-star hotels (2002) 11,272
R & D expenditure (2001) $331,445,000
Expenditure on science and technology (2001) $379,192,000
Jobs in business (1993) 204.194
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