Tandil
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Tandil | ||
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Location in Buenos Aires Province | ||
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Partido | Tandil | |
Founded | April 4, 1823 | |
Area | ||
• Total | 52.34 km2 (20.21 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 188 m (617 ft) | |
Population (2012) | ||
• Total | 110,627 | |
• Density | 2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi) | |
CPA Base | B 7000 | |
Area code(s) | +54 249 | |
Website | Official website |
Tandil is the main city of the homonymous partido (department), located in Argentina, in the southeast of Buenos Aires Province, just north-northwest of the Tandilia hills.
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Geography
Tandil is located 180 metres (590 ft) above sea level and its coordinates are Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. The city borders Rauch and Azul (to the north), Ayacucho and Balcarce (to the east), Lobería, Necochea and Benito Juárez (to the south) and Azul and Benito Juárez (to the west).
Tandil is situated approximately midway between La Plata (the provincial capital), 330 km (210 mi) to its NE, and Bahía Blanca, lying the same distance to its SW; it is also 160 kilometres (99 mi) NW of Mar del Plata, and 360 kilometres (220 mi) SSW of Buenos Aires. Tandil is in a zone known as the Humid Pampa.
According to the 2001 census (INDEC), Tandil had a population of 108,109, but its 2009 population is estimated to be 110,000. The total area of the Tandil partido is 4,935 km2 (1,905 sq mi).
Climate
Tandil's climate is mild and humid (classified as Cfb or an oceanic climate under the Köppen climate classification),[1] with an average temperature of 13.8 °C (56.8 °F) and 888.6 millimetres (34.98 in) of precipitation annually. Mornings are often cold in autumn, winter and spring, and generally fresh in the summer. Fog is very common in autumn and winter, when frosts are also common. Minimum temperatures below −5 °C (23 °F) have been recorded in the winter months. Rainfall occurs throughout the year but more frequently in summer. Snow and heat waves are not very common.
The climatological data in the table below is from the period 1981–1990:
Climate data for Tandil, Argentina (extremes 1970–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 39.3 (102.7) |
37.8 (100) |
37.2 (99) |
32.5 (90.5) |
28.0 (82.4) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.0 (86) |
31.3 (88.3) |
34.2 (93.6) |
39.9 (103.8) |
39.9 (103.8) |
Average high °C (°F) | 27.9 (82.2) |
26.9 (80.4) |
23.9 (75) |
20.2 (68.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.3 (54.1) |
14.4 (57.9) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.7 (67.5) |
23.0 (73.4) |
26.6 (79.9) |
20.0 (68) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.1 (70) |
20.2 (68.4) |
17.6 (63.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
7.2 (45) |
6.7 (44.1) |
8.4 (47.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
13.7 (56.7) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.4 (66.9) |
13.8 (56.8) |
Average low °C (°F) | 14.4 (57.9) |
14.1 (57.4) |
11.8 (53.2) |
8.9 (48) |
5.4 (41.7) |
2.8 (37) |
2.5 (36.5) |
3.3 (37.9) |
4.5 (40.1) |
7.8 (46) |
10.5 (50.9) |
12.9 (55.2) |
8.2 (46.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) |
0.8 (33.4) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−3.9 (25) |
−2.8 (27) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 124.2 (4.89) |
78.1 (3.075) |
101.7 (4.004) |
54.0 (2.126) |
75.7 (2.98) |
21.5 (0.846) |
33.8 (1.331) |
42.7 (1.681) |
56.7 (2.232) |
108.4 (4.268) |
103.1 (4.059) |
88.7 (3.492) |
888.6 (34.984) |
Average precipitation days | 10 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 87 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 56 | 67 | 55 | 56 | 48 | 36 | 41 | 48 | 51 | 57 | 55 | 51 | 52 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 263.5 | 228.8 | 229.4 | 195.0 | 133.3 | 120.0 | 130.2 | 176.7 | 195.0 | 223.2 | 249.0 | 241.8 | 2,385.9 |
Percent possible sunshine | 58 | 60 | 60 | 57 | 41 | 40 | 42 | 52 | 52 | 54 | 58 | 53 | 52 |
Source #1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (Argentine Meteorological Service),[2] Oficina de Riesgo Agropecuario (record highs and lows)[3] | |||||||||||||
Source #2: UNLP (sun and extremes only)[4] |
Place name
The name of the city comes from the Mapuche words tan ("falling"), and lil ("rock"). It is probably a reference to the Piedra Movediza ("Moving Stone"), a large boulder which stood seemingly miraculously balanced on the edge of a rocky foothill. The "Moving Stone" toppled on February 29, 1912, and split into two pieces at the bottom of the hill. Some people thought that tan in fact meant "moving". In order to demonstrate the slight movements of the boulder, it was common practice to place bottles or some other things under its base to see them break. As of May 2007, a replica was set up in the same place where the original stood. The replica, made by engineering students, is actually cemented in place and does not teeter the way the original did.
History
The town was founded by Martín Rodríguez on April 4, 1823, named Fuerte Independencia (Independence Fortress). With time the original natives became acculturated and mixed with the increasing European population. The vast majority of immigrants came from Spain and Italy, but also Danish people settled, the latter constituting a very active community. Tandil was designated a city (although by modern standards it was a large town) in 1895 and became a popular tourist destination attracting people from Buenos Aires and other parts of Argentina.
The Piedra Movediza fell in 1912 and split in two below. Although it is impossible after the fact to ascertain the reason it fell, it is very possible that the delicately balanced rock was thrown off balance by the common practice of placing glass bottles under it and watching them explode. This was the way the locals would prove to visitors that the rock, in fact, moved, since the movement was too subtle to be detected by the naked eye. There have been projects to restore the rock, and a replica stone was placed where the original used to be. Other similar stones like El Centinela are also attractions, but none has the truly astonishing quality of teetering ever so slowly like the "moving rock" once did.
National University of Central Buenos Aires Province
The National University of Central Buenos Aires Province (Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia Buenos Aires) is a public university located in Tandil. It was founded in 1974 as part of University of Buenos Aires Professor Alberto Taquini's plan to geographically diversify Argentina's National University system.
Established with the unification of a private school and a campus of the National University of the South, with more than 11,000 students, the university includes 10 schools offering 21 undergraduate, 58 graduate, and 19 post-graduate degrees. It maintains secondary campuses in Azul and Olavarría.
Personalities
- Matias Rueda (born April 15, 1988), Latin and Argentine champion of professional boxing
- Diego Bossio (born September 9, 1979), economist appointed Executive Director of ANSES, the national social insurance agency
- Mauro Camoranesi (born October 4, 1976), professional football player
- Rodolfo González Pacheco(born 1882), writer, playwright, orator, anarchistic journalist and activist
- Juan Eduardo Eluchans (born April 14, 1980), professional football player
- Ariel Garcé (born July 14, 1979), professional football player
- Esteban Saveljich (born May 20, 1991), professional football player
- Mariano Pernía (born May 4, 1977), professional football player
- Jorge Iván Pérez (born May 23, 1990), professional football player
- Alejandro Agustín Domenez (born February 25, 1987), professional football player
- María Irigoyen (born 24 June, 1987), professional tennis player
- Mario Véner (born May 27, 1964), professional football player
- Mariano González (born May 5, 1981), professional football player
- Pablo Andrés González (born May 28, 1985), professional football player
- Vicente Pernía (born April 25, 1949), professional football player
- Máximo González (born July 20, 1983), professional tennis player
- Diego Junqueira (born December 28, 1980), professional tennis player
- Víctor Laplace (born May 30, 1943), actor
- René Lavand (born September 24, 1928, died 7 February, 2015), illusionist
- Mauricio Macri (born 8 February 1959), politician, President of Argentina
- Juan Mónaco (born March 29, 1984), professional tennis player
- Guillermo Pérez-Roldán (born October 20, 1969), professional tennis player
- Mariana Pérez Roldán (born 7 November, 1967), professional tennis player
- Juan Martín del Potro (born September 23, 1988), professional tennis player and winner of the 2009 US Open men's singles title
- Bernardo Daniel Romeo (born September 10, 1977), professional football player
- Mariano Zabaleta (born February 28, 1978), professional tennis player
- Maria Cristina Kiehr acclaimed Soprano[5]
References
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- ↑ http://bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Kiehr-Maria-Cristina.htm
External links
- (Spanish) Official government website
- (Spanish) Tourism, images and information about Tandil Argentina
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