Bell Ville
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| location | 32 ° 38 ′ S , 62 ° 41 ′ W | ||
| Height above d. M .: | 130 m | ||
| Population (2010): | 33,835 | ||
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| Department : | Union | ||
| Mayor: | Nelson José Iperico | ||
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| Postal code : | X2550 | ||
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Bell Ville is a city in the southeast of the province of Córdoba in Argentina . It is the capital of the Department of Unión and has about 34,000 inhabitants.
The city is on the Ruta Nacional 9 and the railway line that connects Córdoba with Rosario .
Geography and climate
The city is located on the Río Ctalamochita or Río Tercero , which is navigable for medium-sized boats at the point. Geographically, the area belongs to the Pampa Húmeda , the wetter part of the pampa plain. The climate is temperate and humid, with an average temperature of 17 ° C and 800 mm of precipitation per year.
history
In 1650, the Estancia Nuestra Señora de la Pura y Limpia Concepción was built in the area of today's Bell Ville, in a place that was previously uninhabited but was known as Fraile Muerto , because the body of one of the people is believed to be there a predatory priest was found killed. North of the estancia was a ford over the Río Ctalamochita.
At the beginning of the 19th century the area was dominated by the fighting between Unitarians and Federalists. It was not until the second half of the 1860s that the area began to flourish with the construction of the railway line between Rosario and Córdoba. Settlers settled here, among whom the Scot Ricardo Bell was a pioneer. The place was finally named after him in 1872 by the then President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento , as the name Fraile Muerto allegedly did not fit him.
From this point on, more and more European immigrants settled in the place. In 1908 Bell Ville received city rights.
economy
The economy is shaped by agriculture and industry. Soy , wheat , corn and sunflowers are grown and cattle is raised around Bell Ville ; the products are processed in the city. The production of footballs is also important: in Bell Ville, modern football with an air chamber and valve was invented in 1931. The air had previously been let into a pig's bladder, which was tied up after inflating.
Personalities
The football player Mario Kempes was born in Bell Ville in 1954 and is one of the most famous in the country after Diego Maradona . He was a soccer coach in the 1990s and is now a sports analyst for the television channel ESPN .
- Leandro Bottasso (* 1986), racing cyclist
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of the invention of modern football ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
