Coronel_Suárez

Coronel Suárez

Coronel Suárez

City in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Coronel Suárez is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative centre for Coronel Suárez Partido. Its population is largely made up of Argentines of Volga German descent.

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In its surroundings, within Coronel Suárez Partido, are the 3 historic colonies founded by Volga Germans. The remaining inhabitants of these villages are the descendants of their founders who did not migrate to the city of Coronel Suárez itself or to other locations in the country.

Coronel Suárez has a population of 23,621 inhabitants (2010) and its main economic activities are related to agriculture and cattle raising. It is famous for its Polo Club, founded in 1929, whose team has achieved outstanding success over the years in the annual Argentine Open Polo Championship, the world's most important polo tournament, including winning the Championship for ten successive years between 1961 and 1970.

History

The partido was created in 1882 by the government of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina who divided the territory of Tres Arroyos into the partidos of Tres Arroyos, Coronel Pringles and Coronel Suárez . The latter partido, and its main town, were named after Manuel Isidoro Suárez (1799–1846), a colonel in the Argentine Army who fought in the wars of independence against the Spanish and led the Peruvian and Colombian infantry to victory in the Battle of Junín in the Junín Region of Peru on August 6, 1824. Colonel Suárez was the great grandfather of the writer Jorge Luis Borges.

The city was founded on 28 May 1883 by Eduardo Casey on the frontier of Indian territory and a fort was built beside the river Sauce Corto. From the early days it was settled by Volga German immigrants.

On 16 May 1884 a railway station was opened on the Olavarría to Bahía Blanca line, operated by the British-owned Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway. In 1907 a second station was opened on the French-owned Ferrocarril Rosario y Puerto Belgrano line.

Climate

More information Climate data for Coronel Suárez (1981–2010, extremes 1961–present), Month ...

Airfield

  • Brig D Hector Eduardo Ruiz (SAZC)[5]
  • Elevation: 234 m (768 ft)
  • Paved runway, coordinates: 37°26′46″S 61°53′21″W
  • Runways: One paved runway, 1,318 m (4,324 ft) × 27 m (89 ft)

References

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    "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1981-2010" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Estadística climatológica de la República Argentina Período 1991-2000" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por localidades". Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  4. [4]
    "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1981–2010". World Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. [5]
    http://gc.kls2.com/airport/SAZC Airports database
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