Hilario Ascasubi is a town in the southwest corner of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, in the partido of Villarino Partido. It is located on National Route 3. The town is named after Argentine poet Hilario Ascasubi, and a railroad service opened in the town in 1913.
Hilario Ascasubi | |
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  Hilario Ascasubi Location in Argentina  Hilario Ascasubi Hilario Ascasubi (Buenos Aires Province) | |
| Coordinates: 39°22′S 62°38′W / 39.367°S 62.633°W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Buenos Aires |
| Partido | Villarino |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 4,689 |
The town is located approximately 70 km south of Médanos (the capital of Villarino Partido), and 106 km south of Bahía Blanca, the nearest major city.
History
editThe area was first settled by the Spanish in the mid Sixteenth Century. A fort and a chapel, Capilla de Rodríguez, were established on the north bank of the Ctalamochita River (Tercero River) as part of the encomienda of a Captain Juan Francisco Rodríguez, an officer in the service of Don Gerónimo Luis de Cabrera.[1]
The town of Hilario Ascasubi was founded on 1 September 1912.[2] Rail service was brought to the town the following year. The important road bridge over the Ctalamochita River was completed in October 1923.[3][4]
In 2024 the town was inundated by parrots due to destruction of their habitat in the surrounding area.[5][6]
Climate
editHilario Ascasubi has a borderline humid subtropical climate/semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa/BSk).[7] with hot, summers and cooler, drier winters.
| Climate data for Hilario Ascasubi (1966–2013) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 42.9 (109.2) |
39.6 (103.3) |
39.1 (102.4) |
32.6 (90.7) |
29.1 (84.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.5 (83.3) |
30.8 (87.4) |
33.8 (92.8) |
37.5 (99.5) |
39.7 (103.5) |
42.9 (109.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.7 (85.5) |
29.0 (84.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
13.6 (56.5) |
13.6 (56.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
18.7 (65.7) |
21.9 (71.4) |
25.3 (77.5) |
28.3 (82.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
18.6 (65.5) |
14.8 (58.6) |
11.1 (52.0) |
8.0 (46.4) |
7.6 (45.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
11.7 (53.1) |
14.6 (58.3) |
18.0 (64.4) |
20.8 (69.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) |
13.4 (56.1) |
11.5 (52.7) |
8.1 (46.6) |
4.8 (40.6) |
2.5 (36.5) |
1.7 (35.1) |
2.6 (36.7) |
4.6 (40.3) |
7.4 (45.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
12.8 (55.0) |
7.8 (46.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) |
1.4 (34.5) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−10.8 (12.6) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−10.8 (12.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 49.4 (1.94) |
55.9 (2.20) |
62.4 (2.46) |
44.6 (1.76) |
28.1 (1.11) |
22.8 (0.90) |
22.0 (0.87) |
26.1 (1.03) |
37.2 (1.46) |
44.7 (1.76) |
44.0 (1.73) |
52.0 (2.05) |
492.0 (19.37) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 57 | 60 | 67 | 68 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 67 | 64 | 63 | 58 | 57 | 65 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 310.0 | 268.4 | 244.9 | 198.0 | 164.3 | 132.0 | 139.5 | 179.8 | 195.0 | 238.7 | 270.0 | 291.4 | 2,632 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria[8] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Historia" (in Spanish). Villa Ascasubi. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022.
- ^ Sensini, Noelia (2020). "Aniversario de la localidad: ¿Quien era Hilario Ascasubi?" (in Spanish). Info Villarino. Archived from the original on 1 October 2024.
- ^ Comisión de Historia de Villa Ascasubi (2021). "Puente Carretero sobre el Río Ctalamochita (1923)" (in Spanish). Villa Ascasubi. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021.
- ^ "Villa Ascasubi desplegó la bandera gigante de 110 metros en el puente viejo" (in Spanish). Villa Ascasubi. 22 June 2022. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022.
- ^ Lukaszewicz, Lara (20 July 2024). "Invasión de loros barranqueros en un pueblo bonaerense: noches sin dormir, pérdidas económicas y miedo a enfermarse" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 July 2024.
- ^ Lo Bianco, Miguel; Marcarian, Agustin (30 September 2024). "Argentine town battles a parrot invasion". Reuters.
- ^ Peel, M. C. and Finlayson, B. L. and McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Cepeda, Jorge. "Estadística agrometeorológica histórica 1966–2013" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Retrieved 30 April 2013.[permanent dead link]
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