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Puerto Madryn (in Welsh, Porth Madryn) is a city in 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. Viedma is a department located in the north east of Chubut Province, on the Atlantic coast of 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 Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic 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 the head town of the Biedma Department, and has about 58,000 inhabitants. Viedma is a department located in the north east of Chubut Province, on the Atlantic coast of Argentina.
The town was founded on 28 July 1865, when 150 Welsh immigrants who came in the ship The Mimosa named the natural port Puerto Madryn in honour of Sir Love Jones-Parry, whose estate in Wales was named "Madryn". Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. 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 Welsh settlement in Argentina began in 1865 and occurred mainly along the coast of Chubut province in the far southern region of Patagonia Sir Thomas Duncombe Love Jones-Parry 1st Baronet ( 5 January 1832 &ndash 18 December 1891) was a Welsh landowner who was Liberal The settlement grew as a result of the building of the Central of Chubut Railway by Welsh, Spanish and Italian immigrants. The Central of Chubut Railway (in Spanish Ferrocarril Central del Chubut) was a British-owned company that built and operated a Metre gauge railway line in the The Welsh people ( Welsh: Cymro ("Welshman" Cymraes ("Welsh woman" Cymry ("Welshmen/women" Cymry The' Italian people' are a Southern European Ethnic group located primarily in Italy, Switzerland, France and by virtue of a wide-ranging This line, opened in 1888, linked it to Trelew via the lower Chubut River valley. Trelew is a city in the province of Chubut, in the Argentine Patagonia, with a population of 93386 as per the. The Chubut River ( Spanish, Río Chubut) is a river in Patagonia, Southern Argentina. Puerto Madryn is protected by the Golfo Nuevo, which is formed by Península Valdés and Punta Ninfas. Golfo Nuevo (Latitude 42° 42' South Longitude 65° 36' West is a body of water formed by the Península Valdés and Punta Ninfas in the province of The Valdes Peninsula ( Spanish Península Valdés) is a Peninsula along the Atlantic coast in the Viedma Department in the north Punta Ninfas ( Spanish, " Nymphs Point" is found in Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina. It is an important centre for tourists visiting the natural attractions of the Península Valdés and the coast.
A new mall in the city center has helped tourism significantly, making Puerto Madryn a more attractive place for both international and domestic tourists visiting Patagonia. Llao LLaojpg|thumb|250px| Lake Nahuel Huapi, near Bariloche, Argentina It is twinned with Nefyn, a small town on the Llyn Peninsula in North Wales, result of its great link with Welsh culture since the Welsh settlement in Argentina. Nefyn is a small Town on the north-west coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, with a Population of around The Welsh settlement in Argentina began in 1865 and occurred mainly along the coast of Chubut province in the far southern region of Patagonia The first of a two-Test tour to Argentina by the Wales national rugby union team was played in 2006 in Puerto Madryn, a 27–25 win for Argentina. The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international The Argentina national rugby team, nicknamed Los Pumas, represents Argentina in international Rugby union matches Puerto Madryn is home to two football clubs; Club Social y Atlético Guillermo Brown, who play in Torneo Argentino A and Deportivo Madryn that currently play in Torneo Argentino B. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Guillermo Brown is a football club from Puerto Madryn in Chubut, Argentina. Torneo Argentino A is one of the two leagues that form the regionalised third level of the Argentine Football Association (AFA football league system. Club Social y Deportivo Madryn are an Argentina Football club, their home town is Puerto Madryn, in the Province of Chubut in Argentina Torneo Argentino B is one of two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine Football Association (AFA football league system. A basketball team, Deportivo Puerto Madryn plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol (LNB). Deportivo Puerto Madryn is a team in Puerto Madryn, Argentina playing in the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol (LNB The Liga Nacional de Básquetbol ( LNB) is the Argentine National Basketball League and controlled by the Asociación de Clubes de Básquetbol Their home arena is known as the Deportivo Puerto Madryn Arena. Deportivo Puerto Madryn Arena is an Indoor arena in Puerto Madryn, Argentina.
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- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. The original inhabitants of Argentina were descendants of Asian peoples that crossed the Bering Land Bridge into North America and then over thousands
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