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Trelew is a city in the province of Chubut, in the Argentine Patagonia, with a population of 93,386 as per the 2006 census [INDEC]. 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. Rawson Department may refer to Rawson Department Chubut Rawson Department San Juan 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. 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 Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of 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 city has a small commercial centre. The Salon San David is a replica of St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire. St David's Cathedral ( Welsh: Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi) is situated in St David's in the county of Pembrokeshire, on the most westerly point Geography Pembrokeshire is a maritime County, bordered by the sea on three sides by Ceredigion (Cardiganshire to the northeast and by It is served by the Almirante Marco Andrés Zar Airport. Almirante Marco Andrés Zar Airport (Aeropuerto Almirante Marco Andrés Zar is an airport in Chubut Province, Argentina serving the cities of Trelew
History
Trelew's foundation is linked with Welsh settlement in Argentina, the leaders of which were Captain Sir Love Jones-Parry of Madryn and Lewis (Luis) Jones, who acted as spokesmen to deal with the Argentine government at the beginning in the 1860s. 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 Lewis Jones ( 30 January 1836 - 24 November 1904) was one of the founders of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia. The town was named Trelew in honour of Lewis Jones, tre meaning "town" in Welsh and Lew being an apocope for Lewis. Lewis Jones may refer to Lewis Jones (writer, Welsh writer Lewis Jones (rugby, Welsh dual-code international rugby footballer Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic
Trelew was established in 1886 as the starting point for the Central of Chubut Railway line that would link the lower Chubut River valley to Puerto Madryn. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 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 Chubut River ( Spanish, Río Chubut) is a river in Patagonia, Southern Argentina. Puerto Madryn (in Welsh, Porth Madryn) is a city in the province of Chubut in the Argentine Patagonia. Railway building equipment and 400 settlers arrived on July 28 of that same year on the steamer Vesta. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. The line was opened in 1888 and later extended from Trelew to Gaiman, Dolavon and finally to Las Plumas. Dolavon is a small town in the Patagonian province of Chubut, Argentina. Las Plumas is a village in Chubut Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Mártires Department. In 1961 the line was closed. Racing de Trelew and Huracán de Trelew are the most important local football clubs. Racing Club are an Argentina Football club, their home town is Trelew, in the Province of Chubut in Argentina Patoruzú Rugby Club and Bigornia Rugby Club are also the local clubs practicing this sport.
The 1972 massacre
Trelew was the scene of a massacre in 1972. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A breakout of political prisoners at the federal penitentiary resulted in the death of one guard and the attempted flight of about 100 individuals who opposed the military dictatorship which followed the overthrow of President Arturo Illia. Arturo Umberto Illia ( Pergamino Buenos Aires, August 4, 1900 - Córdoba, January 18 1983) was President of Argentina A small group of prisoners succeeded in commandeering a plane and flying to safety in Chile. The rest submitted to the authorities and were returned to a military prison, where 16 were gunned down in cold blood (three survived). The town of Trelew was searched by the military and locals were seized and taken to the Villa Devote prison in Buenos Aires. Virtually the entire town went on strike and succeeded in securing the release of the prisoners at Villa Devoto. These incidents were documented in the book La Pasión según Trelew, by Tomás Eloy Martínez, which was originally published in 1973, but was then suppressed by the dictatorship of the Proceso, and reissued in 1997. Tomás Eloy Martínez (born July 16, 1934 in Tucumán) is an Argentine journalist and writer Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The National Reorganization Process (in Spanish, Proceso de Reorganización Nacional, often simply El Proceso) was the name used by its leaders Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
Trelew is the centre of the touristic travels to the Central Meseta, the Valley of the Chubut River and the coast. Punta Tombo, the biggest penguin reserve in South America, is accessible from the city.
External links
- Trelew Site
- City home page (in Spanish)
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.
- A brief history (school project)
- Activities around Trelew
- Trelew in Wikimapia
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