Los Antiguos is a town in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, located on the south shore of Lago Buenos Aires. It lies 2 km from the border with Chile, and 8 km from the Chilean town of Chile Chico. It is connected to Perito Moreno and Caleta Olivia on the Atlantic coast by a paved road.
Los Antiguos | |
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Town | |
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  Los Antiguos Location in Argentina | |
| Coordinates: 46°32′50″S 71°37′50″W / 46.54722°S 71.63056°W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Santa Cruz |
| Department | Lago Buenos Aires |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,363 |
| Area code | +54 |
| Climate | Csb |
The town is an agricultural oasis, where small farms produce fruit crops. It was founded as the Leandro Alem Agricultural Colony in 1921, and was formally designated as a municipality in 1970. The area was covered by dust from the 1991 eruption of Mount Hudson, but it has since recovered.
The name of Los Antiguos is a translation of the Tehuelche name, I-Keu-khon, meaning "Place of the Elders."
In the 2010 census the town had a population of 3,363.[1]
Geography
editClimate
editLos Antiguos has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk) with warm, sunny summers and cold, snowy winters.
| Climate data for Los Antiguos (2000–2015) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.4 (92.1) |
32.1 (89.8) |
28.9 (84.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
17.8 (64.0) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
26.0 (78.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
30.6 (87.1) |
33.4 (92.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
18.7 (65.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
11.7 (53.1) |
8.9 (48.0) |
8.3 (46.9) |
10.0 (50.0) |
13.2 (55.8) |
16.2 (61.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
20.6 (69.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.9 (60.6) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
9.8 (49.6) |
6.5 (43.7) |
4.5 (40.1) |
3.4 (38.1) |
4.7 (40.5) |
7.4 (45.3) |
10.0 (50.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
14.6 (58.3) |
9.7 (49.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) |
8.8 (47.8) |
6.5 (43.7) |
3.9 (39.0) |
1.6 (34.9) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
1.7 (35.1) |
3.6 (38.5) |
5.9 (42.6) |
8.3 (46.9) |
4.0 (39.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−10.8 (12.6) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.4 (0.25) |
10.8 (0.43) |
10.5 (0.41) |
14.6 (0.57) |
31.2 (1.23) |
32.8 (1.29) |
24.6 (0.97) |
27.4 (1.08) |
13.4 (0.53) |
10.8 (0.43) |
7.9 (0.31) |
6.5 (0.26) |
196.9 (7.76) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 48.6 | 52.7 | 56.1 | 59.6 | 63.3 | 62.5 | 63.3 | 61.3 | 54.7 | 50.4 | 48.2 | 47.9 | 55.7 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria[2] | |||||||||||||
References
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Síntesis agrometeorológica de la localidad de Los Antiguos (Santa Cruz) 2000–2015" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
External links
edit- Los Antiguos website (in Spanish)
- Lonely Planet
- Diarios de Los Antiguos
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