🇦🇷 Cities in Argentina — API & JSON data

Argentina has 4,372 cities in the Geomelon dataset, one of the more densely covered countries in the API. The most populous is Greater Buenos Aires, at 13,985,794 people. Query it by name, region, or coordinates, with translations in 37 languages.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Argentina cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Greater Buenos Aires	—	13,985,794
Buenos Aires	—	3,121,707
Córdoba	Córdoba Province	1,329,604
Rosario	Santa Fe Province	1,029,619
San Miguel de Tucumán	Tucumán Province	605,767
Mar del Plata	Buenos Aires Province	593,337
Salta	Salta Province	535,303
San Juan	San Juan Province	471,389
Lanús	Buenos Aires Province	459,263
Santiago del Estero	Santiago del Estero Province	430,280

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=ar&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "77279e88-3d92-4d43-9635-dc645778631c",
    "name": "Greater Buenos Aires",
    "population": 13985794,
    "countryName": "Argentina",
    "countryCode": "AR",
    "countryEmoji": "🇦🇷",
    "regionName": null
  },
  {
    "id": "c255bf2c-83bb-4d9f-b495-9a333ca6cf6c",
    "name": "Buenos Aires",
    "population": 3121707,
    "countryName": "Argentina",
    "countryCode": "AR",
    "countryEmoji": "🇦🇷",
    "regionName": null
  },
  {
    "id": "563b5737-94ba-42c1-a31a-1bdbba9d2dad",
    "name": "Córdoba",
    "population": 1329604,
    "countryName": "Argentina",
    "countryCode": "AR",
    "countryEmoji": "🇦🇷",
    "regionName": "Córdoba Province"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=ar&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=ar&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Argentina are available in 37 languages.

en: Greater Buenos Aires
zh: 大布宜诺斯艾利斯
ar: بوينس آيرس الكبرى

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 553 Argentina cities as JSON (88 KB, no API key) from the Argentina cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Argentina does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 4,372 cities in Argentina across 27 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Argentina city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Argentina are available in 37 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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