Trenque Lauquen | |
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City | |
) Coat of arms | |
)  Trenque Lauquen Location in Argentina | |
| Coordinates: 35°58′S 62°42′W / 35.967°S 62.700°W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province | ){kind=small} Buenos Aires |
| Partido | Trenque Lauquen |
| Founded | 1876 |
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Population (2018 census) | |
| • Total | 46,019 |
| CPA Base | B 6400 |
| Area code(s) | +54 2392 |
| Website | /www.trenquelauquen.gov.ar/ |
Trenque Lauquen is a city in the west of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 444 km (276 mi) from Buenos Aires City and 80 km (50 mi) from the border with the province of La Pampa, on the intersection of National Routes 5 and 33. Trenque Lauquen is the largest city of the district (partido) of the same name, and has a population of about 40,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC].
The name of the city means "Round Lagoon" in the Mapuche language. It was founded on 12 April 1876 by the advancing troops of Colonel Conrado Excelso Villegas, under orders from the Minister of War Adolfo Alsina, as the center of operations of the North Division of the Border Commandancy, during the Conquest of the Desert (the campaign to subject the territories originally occupied by aboriginal tribes to the government of Buenos Aires). The partido was officially created on 28 July 1886.
The city is served by Ñanco Lauquen Airport.
Climate
Similar to the rest of the Pampas, Trenque Lauquen has a temperate climate. Under the Köppen climate classification system, Trenque Lauquen has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) with hot summers and cool winters.[1]
| Climate data for Trenque Lauquen (1941–1950) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 42.0 (107.6) | 42.0 (107.6) | 36.0 (96.8) | 34.4 (93.9) | 28.0 (82.4) | 26.0 (78.8) | 27.7 (81.9) | 29.6 (85.3) | 36.7 (98.1) | 34.0 (93.2) | 38.7 (101.7) | 41.3 (106.3) | 42.0 (107.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 32.4 (90.3) | 31.1 (88.0) | 26.1 (79.0) | 23.3 (73.9) | 19.8 (67.6) | 15.3 (59.5) | 14.7 (58.5) | 17.0 (62.6) | 20.0 (68.0) | 24.0 (75.2) | 28.0 (82.4) | 31.6 (88.9) | 23.6 (74.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.0 (75.2) | 22.7 (72.9) | 18.8 (65.8) | 15.8 (60.4) | 11.9 (53.4) | 8.8 (47.8) | 8.2 (46.8) | 9.7 (49.5) | 12.8 (55.0) | 16.3 (61.3) | 20.1 (68.2) | 23.3 (73.9) | 16.0 (60.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 16.2 (61.2) | 15.7 (60.3) | 13.0 (55.4) | 9.7 (49.5) | 6.8 (44.2) | 4.0 (39.2) | 3.0 (37.4) | 3.7 (38.7) | 6.3 (43.3) | 9.2 (48.6) | 12.2 (54.0) | 15.0 (59.0) | 9.6 (49.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) | 5.6 (42.1) | 3.4 (38.1) | 0.4 (32.7) | −4.0 (24.8) | −8.6 (16.5) | −9.4 (15.1) | −6.3 (20.7) | −4.2 (24.4) | −1.0 (30.2) | 2.0 (35.6) | 3.4 (38.1) | −9.4 (15.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 60 (2.4) | 80 (3.1) | 130 (5.1) | 51 (2.0) | 45 (1.8) | 34 (1.3) | 30 (1.2) | 27 (1.1) | 44 (1.7) | 81 (3.2) | 80 (3.1) | 82 (3.2) | 744 (29.3) |
| Source: Sistema de Clasificación Bioclimática Mundial[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Peel, M. C. and Finlayson, B. L. and McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.
- ^ "Trenque Lauquen (Argentina)" (PDF). Centro de Investigaciones Fitosociológicas. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)
- Official website and portal