Mar del Plata is located 404 km south of Buenos Aires city on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, in the South-Eastern area of Buenos Aires province at coordinates 38° 00´ S and 57° 33´ W. The city is head of the General Pueyrredon district with a total surface of 1,453 Km2.
Mar del Plata was founded in 1874, after Patricio Peralta Ramos acquired three landholdings from Meyrelles in 1860 and promoted the sites as a seaside resort. In 1907 Mar del Plata was declared a city and has since that time developed as one of Argentina’s foremost ocean-resort areas.