Argentina's big-city zoos closed or became bioparks; of 23 sites found, 9 still run as classic zoos or parks

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“what are the different zoos in argentina, include information such as city, when it opened, if it remains active or closing date and size”

Web research on 9 November 2026 identified 23 distinct Argentine zoo, zoological-garden, faunal-park or successor-biopark sites across 11 provinces — a research-based catalog, not an official registry, so it is not exhaustive. Under the conflict-resolution rules below, 9 sites are open, 7 closed, 5 transformed into ecoparks or bioparks, and 2 unconfirmed. No complete coordinate set exists for these sites; map markers are placed at city level only.

Open — operating zoo or biopark Transformed — zoo closed, successor ecopark/biopark open or in conversion Closed — no public successor confirmed Status unconfirmed

Markers at city level, not exact site coordinates (no complete coordinate set in the sources). Circle area scales with site size in hectares; sites with unknown size get the smallest mark. Hover or tap a marker for details. 11 of the 23 sites sit in Buenos Aires Province or the capital.

Buenos Aires Zoo (opened 1888) closed as a zoo in 2016; its 18 ha successor, Ecoparque de Buenos Aires, is open. reference.org

La Plata's 1888 zoo closed in 2017 and the successor biopark was still not open to the public in the latest reporting found. eldia.com

Córdoba's 1915 zoo ended the traditional model around 2020 and became Parque de la Biodiversidad; Mendoza's 1903 zoo closed in 2016 with a long, still-evolving Ecoparque conversion. audatours.com · en.wikipedia.org

The largest site by stated area is Zoológico de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña in Chaco at 120 ha, open since 1 September 1978. kupi.com

All 23 sites

Facility	City	Province	Opened	Present status	Zoo closing date	Size (ha)	Source

Size is total site area; source values can differ by boundary definition. “—” marks values not resolved by the sources. Amber notes flag conflicting status reports rather than flattening them.

Method: research-based catalog of 23 Argentine zoo, zoological-garden, faunal-park and successor-biopark sites, one row per physical site, compiled 2026-11-09 from Spanish and English web searches across government, facility, news, academic, travel and historical pages, backed by many independent hosts (no single URL supplies more than half the catalog). Status follows the latest specific reporting; a stated zoo closing date overrides generic “open” aggregator labels (Luján treated as closed since 2020; Santiago del Estero's San Francisco de Asís closed 2019; Tatu Carreta closed without a verified date). Size is total site hectares. No complete coordinate set exists; map markers are placed at the named city. Smaller facilities with weak documentation are left blank rather than estimated.

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