Pergamino
Coordinates: 33 ° 53 ′ S , 60 ° 34 ′ W
Pergamino is a city in the province of Buenos Aires . It has a population of around 85,000 ( INDEC from 2001). Pergamino is the administrative seat of the partidos of the same name .
history
The fertile and water-rich area of today's city was home to the Charrúa and Mapuche when it caught the attention of the Spanish conquerors around 1620, who built a posada there on the trade route from Buenos Aires to Córdoba in 1626 . The current name of the city means "red earth" in the Mapuche language. In 1700 and 1749 the first trading houses were opened in Pergamino, repeated attacks by the displaced natives led to the construction of a fort. However, the attacks continued and on August 8, 1751 the settlement was destroyed.
The settlement there was still in the interests of the government in Buenos Aires and in 1769 the commander Juan González ordered the reconstruction. In 1779 Pergamino became a parish and in 1784 the area was declared a Partido . The fort played an important role in Argentina's struggle for independence and was the site of a mutiny against Carlos María de Alvear , led by Ignacio Álvarez Thomas , in 1815 . In 1862 the first agricultural college was opened in Argentina, which also promoted the economic upswing in and around Pergamino by intensively growing maize there. The city began to grow and by 1873 had four schools. The city's growth was accelerated again when the railway line to Rosario opened in 1882 . On October 23, 1895, Pergamino was officially granted city rights. At the time, the place had more than 10,000 residents and more than 90 companies.
In 1912 an agricultural test laboratory was opened to further develop maize cultivation. Between 1895 and 1914, the population, composed mostly of European immigrants and their descendants, almost tripled . Immigrant communities formed among the Basques , Piedmontese , Provencal and Lebanese . Hotel Roma opened in 1913, one of the most famous examples of Art Nouveau architecture in the area.
The main church and town hall were completed in 1930, and the Museum of Fine Arts was opened in 1936. In 1947 the population had grown to almost 50,000 and the first factories offered work to the citizens, at the same time agricultural activity declined, which only began to flourish again from 1956 with the opening of the Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria . Between the late 1940s and 1970 several textile factories opened, mainly for jeans production. In 1980 Pergamino had 70,000 inhabitants, and in 1985 the first Argentine cable TV station opened there.
Several major floods (1975, 1984 and 1995) forced major investments in infrastructure. In 1993 the University of Pergamino was opened, today a branch of the Universidad Nacional del Noroeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires .
The economic crisis in Argentina at the turn of the millennium did not leave Pergamino unaffected and numerous industrial and retail companies had to close.
The city today
The local economy began to recover from 2003 and the number of industrial jobs increased by 2,500. The cultivation of maize is still important for the region, along with soy, poultry and dairy products. Another important branch is the production of seeds.
sons and daughters of the town
- Jesús Ricardo Iglesias , racing car driver
- Arturo Illia , former Argentine President
- Florencia Labat , tennis player
- Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi , agricultural engineer and botanist
- José Luis Espert , economist and politician
- Héctor Rial , football player
- Paola Suárez , tennis player
- Atahualpa Yupanqui , singer
- Augusto Fernández , football player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Historias de Pergamino (PDF; 49 kB)
- ↑ INTA ( Memento from November 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Historia Actual ( Memento from December 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Historical Dictionary of Argentina . London: Scarecrow Press, 1978
- ↑ UNNOBA ( Memento of the original from June 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Clarín of February 16, 2003
- ↑ a b La Nación
