Sarmiento (Chubut)

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Sarmiento
Basic data
location 45 ° 35 ′  S , 69 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 35 ′  S , 69 ° 5 ′  W
Height above d. M .: 258  m
Population (2001): 8028
  (Argentina)
 
 
administration
Province : ChubutChubut Chubut
Department : Sarmiento
Mayor: Ricardo Britapaja, Partido Vecinal
Others
Postal code : U9107
Telephone code: 0297
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Location of Sarmiento

Sarmiento is the capital of the Sarmiento department in the Chubut Province in southern Argentina . In the classification of municipalities in the province of Chubut, Sarmiento is classified as a municipality ( Municipio ) of the 1st category. Sarmiento is 140 km west of Comodoro Rivadavia .

history

Sarmiento was founded on June 21, 1897 by the engineer Francisco Pietrobelli . The place was initially settled by Welsh immigrants. At the beginning of 1900 more settlers came from Lithuania . After the defeat in the second Boer War, 120 Boers reached the new settlement. Their descendants still make up a large part of the population today. Some of them still speak Afrikaans and still attend the Dutch Reformed Church .

economy

The location in a valley between Lake Musters and Lake Colhué Huapi enables the cultivation of fruits such as cherries and raspberries .

Attractions

The two most important sights are the Petrified Forest and caves with paintings of the indigenous people.

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Individual evidence

  1. BBC World Service - Newsday, Patagonia's last Boers keeping Afrikaans alive. In: bbc.co.uk. Retrieved June 10, 2019 .