Azul (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈsul], English: "blue", for the stream Azul, which flows through the area) is the head city of the Azul Partido, located at the center of the Buenos Aires Province in Argentina, 300 km south of Buenos Aires. It has 63,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC] .
Azul | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Plaza San Martín | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 36°47′S 59°51′W / 36.783°S 59.850°W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Buenos Aires |
| Partido | Azul |
| Founded | December 16, 1832 |
| Elevation | 137 m (449 ft) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Total | 55,728 |
| CPA Base | B 7330 |
| Area code | +54 2281 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | www |
Its principal, goods-producing economic activities are agriculture and the raising of cattle for meat and leather exports. Home to a dynamic services sector, over 2,000 commercial businesses are registered in the city.[1]
The town was founded on December 16, 1832, following Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas' orders for the construction of a fort, San Serapio Mártir del Arroyo Azul, to guard against indigenous raids. Subsequent land grants led to the development of a stable community, and in 1895, Azul was formally declared a town by provincial authorities. The local cathedral, Nuestra Señora del Rosario, was consecrated in 1906.
The town's cemetery portal and main slaughterhouse were both designed by architect Francisco Salamone, and contain elements of Art Deco style. Built in the late 1930s, these buildings were some of the first examples of modern architecture in rural Argentina. The town was the scene of an attack on outlying Army barracks by far-left ERP militants on January 19, 1974, the most violent assault of its kind in the country up to that point.
Azul is home to the schools of Agronomy and Law of the National University of Central Buenos Aires. The Teatro Español, founded in the city in 1897, is among the most important of the central pampas area, and in 1992, hosted the Bolshoi Ballet.[2]
The Miguel de Cervantes Festival is held there every spring since 2007, and Casa Ronco, an antiquarian library and museum, maintains the country's best collections relating to the noted Spanish writer. Casa Ronco is named after the collector Bartolomé Ronco. Azul was declared Argentina's "City of Cervantes" by UNESCO in 2007.[3]
Notable people edit
- Matías Almeyda (1974) - former football player and manager.
- Federico Delbonis (1990) - professional tennis player.
- Mateo Banks (1872-1949) - first Argentine mass murderer, he killed six relatives and two family's employees in 1922.
Climate edit
| Climate data for Azul, Buenos Aires Province (1991–2020, extremes 1961–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 40.6 (105.1) |
37.8 (100.0) |
36.7 (98.1) |
33.9 (93.0) |
29.5 (85.1) |
24.3 (75.7) |
26.2 (79.2) |
33.0 (91.4) |
30.9 (87.6) |
33.3 (91.9) |
35.5 (95.9) |
40.6 (105.1) |
40.6 (105.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.5 (85.1) |
27.9 (82.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
21.1 (70.0) |
17.1 (62.8) |
13.8 (56.8) |
13.2 (55.8) |
15.6 (60.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
24.4 (75.9) |
28.1 (82.6) |
21.2 (70.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
17.8 (64.0) |
14.0 (57.2) |
10.5 (50.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
6.9 (44.4) |
8.6 (47.5) |
10.7 (51.3) |
14.0 (57.2) |
17.2 (63.0) |
20.3 (68.5) |
14.1 (57.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
5.2 (41.4) |
2.4 (36.3) |
1.8 (35.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
4.4 (39.9) |
7.6 (45.7) |
10.1 (50.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
7.8 (46.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 103.8 (4.09) |
101.6 (4.00) |
113.9 (4.48) |
90.6 (3.57) |
55.7 (2.19) |
37.1 (1.46) |
40.8 (1.61) |
59.2 (2.33) |
67.5 (2.66) |
92.0 (3.62) |
97.9 (3.85) |
75.4 (2.97) |
935.5 (36.83) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.0 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 88.1 |
| Average snowy days | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 65.5 | 72.1 | 76.6 | 77.9 | 81.4 | 80.5 | 79.7 | 75.3 | 73.1 | 74.1 | 69.5 | 63.5 | 74.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 279.0 | 248.6 | 238.7 | 195.0 | 158.1 | 138.0 | 142.6 | 176.7 | 186.0 | 220.1 | 261.0 | 266.6 | 2,510.4 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 9.0 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 6.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 53 | 60 | 52 | 55 | 50 | 38 | 39 | 47 | 50 | 47 | 52 | 51 | 50 |
| Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[4][5][6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: UNLP (percent sun only 1971–1980)[7] | |||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ Subcomisión de Turismo: Azul es Historia Archived 2010-03-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Teatro Español de Azul Archived April 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Clarín (26 January 2007) (in Spanish)
- ^ "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1991-2020" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales – período 1991–2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. 2023. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ "Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por Azul Aero". Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Datos bioclimáticos de 173 localidades argentinas". Atlas Bioclimáticos (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)