Bahía Blanca, Argentina

Bahía Blanca is located in the southeast of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of 274,509 inhabitants, according to the 2001 census.

Bahía Blanca means "White Bay". The name is due to the typical color of the salt covering the soils surrounding the shores. The bay (which is actually an estuary) was seen by during the first circumnavigation around the world on the orders of Charles I of Spain, in 1520, as he searched for a canal connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

Jacksonville twinned with Bahia Blanca in July, 1967 – becoming Jacksonville’s first Sister City.

Links to Bahia Blanca Websites

Bahia Blanca in Welcome Argentina.com
The Port of Bahia Blanca
Bahia Blanca, Argentina News
La Nueva Provincia.com Newspaper
Argentine-Florida Chamber of Commerce
First Coast Hispanic Chamber of Commerce