San Andrés de Giles
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| location | 34 ° 27 ′ S , 59 ° 27 ′ W | ||
| Height above d. M .: | 46 m | ||
| Population (2010): | 16,243 | ||
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 Buenos Aires (Province)
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| Mayor: | Luis Alberto Ghione | ||
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| Postal code : | B6720 | ||
| Telephone code: | 02325 | ||
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San Andrés de Giles is the capital of the Partido San Andrés de Giles of the same name . The city is located in the northwest of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires , around 103 kilometers from the capital Buenos Aires . It has 16,243 inhabitants (as of 2010, INDEC ).
location
San Andrés de Giles is located in the fertile Pampa plain at the intersection of Ruta Nacional 7 and Ruta provincial 41.
The climate is warm-temperate , with warm summers, cool winters and a high rainfall rate (1,056 mm per year). January is the warmest month with an average temperature of 24 ° C. The coldest month is July with an average temperature of 10 ° C. The annual average temperature is 16.7 ° C.
history
November 30, 1806 is the official founding date of San Andrés de Giles. On this day the first Catholic mass took place in a newly built chapel, the patron saint of which is the Apostle Andrew ( San Andrés ). Don Pedro de Giles y Remón donated the land on which the chapel was built . San Andrés de Giles has had city rights since 1937.
Attractions
Sights are the town hall built in 1908, the Plaza San Martin with the Monumento a la Libertad (Monument to Freedom) from 1912 and the chapel, which is considered the foundation of the city (Templo Parroquial San Andrés Apostol).
Héctor José Cámpora , the 39th President of Argentina, lived in San Andrés de Giles and was mayor of the city from 1944 to 1945. The house where he worked as a dentist is at 787 San Martín.
sons and daughters of the town
- Orlando Agosti (1924–1997), Argentine politician and military man
- Hugo Manuel Salaberry Goyeneche (* 1952), Argentine priest and bishop
- Enrique de Larrañaga (1900–1956), outstanding traditional painter of Argentina
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Climate: San Andrés de Giles - climate diagram, temperature diagram, climate table. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved March 26, 2014 .