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Esquel is a town in the northwest of the province of Chubut, in the Argentine Patagonia. This is a list of cities in Argentina. For a more exhaustive list of cities in a particular province see the main article linked to in each applicable section For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Regions See also Geography of Argentina The country is also divided into six or seven regions (seven when The Pampas is divided into the Pampas' plains Chubut ( Spanish: Provincia del Chubut Welsh: Talaith Chubut a Province in the southern part of Argentina, that lies between the Departments (departamentos form the second level of administrative division in the Provinces of Argentina. Futaleufú is a department in the north west of Chubut Province, Argentina. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks General phone calls within Argentina In Argentina, changes were made to area codes in 1999 when the telephone network was split up into three different areas with The Argentine postal code is a system that assigns at least one unique alphanumeric Postal code to each Municipality. ISO 3166-2AR is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Argentina. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral The Justicialist Party ( Spanish: Partido Justicialista, PJ) is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component Regions See also Geography of Argentina The country is also divided into six or seven regions (seven when The Pampas is divided into the Pampas' plains Chubut ( Spanish: Provincia del Chubut Welsh: Talaith Chubut a Province in the southern part of Argentina, that lies between the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Llao LLaojpg|thumb|250px| Lake Nahuel Huapi, near Bariloche, Argentina It is located in the Futaleufú, of which it is the head town. Futaleufú is a department in the north west of Chubut Province, Argentina. The town's name derives from a Mapuche term meaning "thorn", which refers to the characteristics of the local flora, including several spiny bushes, most famously the Calafate (Berberis buxifolia). The Mapuche are the indigenous inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina. In Botany, flora ( Plural: floras or florae has two meanings The first meaning flora of an area or of time period, refers to all In biology spine or spiny may refer to Spine (botany, needle-like structures in plants Spine (zoology, needle-like structures A shrub or Bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of Woody plant, distinguished from a Tree Calafate redirects here For the Patagonian town see El Calafate Berberis buxifolia, common name the Magellan
The founding of the town dates back to the arrival of Welsh immigrants in Chubut in 1865. Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The settlement was created on 25 February 1906, as an extension of the Colonia 16 de Octubre, now known as Trevelin. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Trevelin is a town in the Patagonian province of Chubut in Argentina.
The city, the main town of the area, is located by the Esquel Stream and surrounded by the mountains La Zeta, La Cruz, Cerro 21 and La Hoya. La Hoya is known as a ski resort with good quality snow right through the spring. A ski is a long flat device worn on the feet designed to help the wearer slide smoothly over snow The Los Alerces National Park is 50 km (30 miles) northwest of the city. The Los Alerces National Park is a national park in Chubut Province, Argentina, some 30 miles from Esquel.
Another important tourist attraction is the narrow-gauge train (with 75 cm between the rails), known as La Trochita locally and in English as The Old Patagonian Express, after the book by Paul Theroux. La Trochita, (El Viejo Expreso Patagónico in English known as the Old Patagonian Express, is a Narrow gauge railway in Patagonia A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another La Trochita, (El Viejo Expreso Patagónico in English known as the Old Patagonian Express, is a Narrow gauge railway in Patagonia The Old Patagonian Express ( 1979) is a written account of a journey taken by novelist Paul Theroux. Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10, 1941) is an American Travel writer and Novelist, whose best known work is perhaps It is said to be the only narrow-gauge long-distance train in operation and the southernmost railway in the world. "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. The first fifty locomotives were brought from Germany (Henschel & Sohn) in 1922 and were originally modified to use fuel oil and steam. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Henschel & Son (Henschel & Sohn is a German company situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment including Fuel oil is a fraction obtained from Petroleum Distillation, either as a distillate or a residue Later twenty-five locomotives were bought from the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia. The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of Railroad Locomotives It was located in Philadelphia Pennsylvania originally and later Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The train remains in operation and authentic thanks to the effort of the team of workers at Talleres Ferroviarios El Maiten, that make a lot of pieces and parts by hand. The trains now run as a tourist excursionbetween Esquel and the small settlement of Nahuel Pan, located at the foot of the volcano of the same name, with other services all the way to El Maitén. Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the Until 1993, the train ran all the way to the city of Ingeniero Jacobacci in Río Negro, from where trains ran to Viedma and from there to Buenos Aires, forming the General Roca railway. Río Negro is a province of Argentina, located at the northern edge of Patagonia. Viedma is the capital city of the Argentine province of Río Negro and the Adolfo Alsina Department of that province Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern
According to the 2001 census [INDEC], the Esquel district had about 28,000 inhabitants, with one of the highest rates of growth in the province, mainly as result of the immigration of people from Buenos Aires, but also from other provinces. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population National Statistics and Censuses Institute ( Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, INDEC is the Argentine government agency responsible
The townspeople have been in a long battle to prevent a gold mine being set up nearby, with concerns that the metal extraction will contaminate the watercourse permanently and irreversibly. Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability disorder harm or discomfort to the physical systems or living organisms they are in
Esquel Meteorite
In 1951 a farmer uncovered a meteorite in an unknown nearby location while digging a hole for a water tank. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The meteorite was purchased from the finders and brought to the United States in 1992 by meteorite expert Robert Haag. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) When cut and polished, the meteorite shows beautiful yellowish olivine (peridot) crystals. The Mineral olivine (when gem-quality also called Peridot) is a Magnesium Iron silicate with the formula ( Mg Known as the Esquel Meteorite, the pallasite is a Main Group pallasite with apx. A pallasite is a type of stony-iron Meteorite. It consists of cm-sized Olivine crystals of Peridot quality in an iron- Nickel matrix 755 kg total weight.
External links
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.
- Municipality of Esquel - General, government and tourism information (in English and Spanish).
- La Trochita
- Tourism information, photographs
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