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Founded in 1536 by the Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza as Puerto de Santa Mariá del Buen Aire, it was abandoned after attacks by American Indians (Querandi), and refounded in 1580. It became the capital of the viceroyalty of Rió de la Plata in 1776, and federal capital of Argentina in 1880.
South America
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