San Clemente del Tuyú
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San Clemente del Tuyú | |
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| Coordinates: 36°22′S 56°43′W / 36.367°S 56.717°W | |
CPA Base | B 7105 |
| Area code | +54 02252 |
| Website | San Clemente del Tuyú |
San Clemente del Tuyú is an
History
Noticed by
The waterfront area was soon purchased by the Ortiz de Rozas family, one of Argentina's most well-established landowners. Sold to another prominent family, the Leloirs, in 1816, the area became a sheep ranch. A descendant of the Ortiz de Rozas', General
Prospering during the 1920s, the Argentine middle class first became widely aware of the idyllic coast through the efforts of Mayor Jorge Gibson, who had the local coastline graded into public beaches. The project's success led to the first gravel road into San Clemente in 1932 and its formal designation as a municipality; soon followed service stations, campgrounds, real estate developments, a power plant and even a monastery. President Juan Perón made plans for a nearby submarine base that, though never built, resulted in a four-lane highway into San Clemente. This and continuing national prosperity led to the town's rapid development after 1950, which led to the establishment of a hospital in 1970 and of Mundo Marino in 1979, still the largest oceanarium in South America.[1]
A nature theme park (Parque Bahía Aventura) opened in 1997; drawing few crowds, the area was slated for closure when, in 2003, mineral
Tapera of Lòpez: 1922: is there installed the young marriage formed by Manuel López and Magdalena Luero. Manuel was engaged in fishing and fish salting built there, in that place they had 12 children.
The city today
San Clemente del Tuyú, the northernmost among seven sea-side communities in the Partido de la Costa district, today counts 27 hotels (of which 14 are three or four-star establishments). The aquarium, adventure park and hot springs are complemented by two natural sciences museums, fishing boat tours and the 129 meter (400 feet) -long pier, among other parks and attractions.
The seven sister communities receive nearly a million visitors monthly during the peak summer season (January and February),
Climate
| Climate data for San Clemente del Tuyú | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.9 (78.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.9 (75.0) |
20.1 (68.2) |
13.7 (56.7) |
13.6 (56.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
14.0 (57.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.4 (65.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
12.4 (54.3) |
9.5 (49.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
9.4 (48.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
13.4 (56.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
18.8 (65.8) |
14.5 (58.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.7 (63.9) |
17.6 (63.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
11.7 (53.1) |
9.0 (48.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
6.2 (43.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
8.1 (46.6) |
10.7 (51.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
15.8 (60.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 89 (3.5) |
84 (3.3) |
147 (5.8) |
72 (2.8) |
57 (2.2) |
63 (2.5) |
102 (4.0) |
88 (3.5) |
85 (3.3) |
95 (3.7) |
70 (2.8) |
101 (4.0) |
1,053 (41.5) |
| Average precipitation days | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 58 |
| Average relative humidity (%)
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83 | 84 | 85 | 84 | 85 | 88 | 90 | 87 | 85 | 86 | 85 | 81 | 85 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[5] | |||||||||||||
Sister cities
References
- ^ "Go South America". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
- ^ Secretaría de Turismo[permanent dead link]
- ^ Opciones Pampas[permanent dead link]
- ^ VI Congreso Iberoamericano de Educación Ambiental (in Spanish)
- ^ "Datos Estadísticos (Período 1981–1990)" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
External links
- Todo San Clemente (in Spanish)
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