Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña

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Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña
Basic data
location 26 ° 48 ′  S , 60 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 26 ° 48 ′  S , 60 ° 26 ′  W
Height above d. M .: 120  m
Population (2001): 76,794
  (Argentina)
 
 
administration
Province : ChacoChaco Chaco
Department : Comandante Fernández
Mayor: Carim Antonio Peche, Alianza
Others
Postal code : N3700
Telephone code: 03732
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Location of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña

Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña is the capital of the Comandante Fernández department . It is located in the center of the Chaco province in northern Argentina . With 76,794 inhabitants, it is the second largest city in the province.

economy

The outskirts of the city are still one of the centers of cotton cultivation, so the associated processing industry and services for the surrounding area predominate in the urban economy. More recently, soy and grain cultivation has increased significantly in this region as well.

geography

Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña is located in the Gran Chaco plain , a savannah landscape with bush forests. The climate is subtropical. The summers in particular are very hot.

climate

Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: Servicio Meteorológico nacional
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 33.6 32.7 31.2 26.8 24.2 20.9 21.9 24.5 25.5 29.4 31.1 32.3 O 27.8
Min. Temperature (° C) 21.7 21.1 19.9 17.5 13.7 10.6 10.5 11.8 12.8 16.5 18.9 20.4 O 16.3
Temperature (° C) 27.1 26.3 24.8 21.5 18.4 15.1 15.4 17.3 18.6 22.6 24.7 26.1 O 21.5
Precipitation ( mm ) 165.9 127.2 187.3 213.6 59.6 28.6 23.9 27.2 53.5 104.7 130.2 132.3 Σ 1,254
Rainy days ( d ) 11 9 9 12 8th 7th 6th 4th 6th 7th 10 9 Σ 98
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history

The city was founded in 1912 by Carlos Fernández . Until then, only the coastal strip of the Río Paraná and Río Paraguay rivers in the Chaco province was inhabited, but an upswing in the region made it necessary to develop areas further west. Thus a railway line was built from Resistencia to Salta , on which Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña developed. The name reminds of Roque Sáenz Peña (1910–1914), who was in office at the time the city was founded . In the 1920s and 1930s, the city experienced rapid population growth, with Central Europeans in particular settling here to grow cotton .

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