Coronel Pringles
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Coronel Pringles is a town in the south of the Buenos Aires Province
in Argentina
. It is the head town of the Coronel Pringles Partido
.
The partido
of Coronel Pringles
was created in 1882 by the government of the Province of Buenos Aires
who divided the territory of Tres Arroyos into the partidos of Coronel Suárez
, Tres Arroyos
and Coronel Pringles
. The latter, and its main town, were named after Coronel Juan Pascual Pringles, a member of grenadiers regiment of General San Martín
's army that fought in the wars of independence against the Spanish.
Located a distance of 120 km from Bahía Blanca
and 518 km from Buenos Aires
, Pringles today has a population of around 23.794 inhabitants (2001) and its main economic activities are related to agriculture and sheep and cattle raising. It is sometimes referred to as the "Capital de los Lanares", which in English means the "Wool Capital", in recognition of the importance of sheep farming in the surrounding area.
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. It is the head town of the Coronel Pringles Partido
Coronel Pringles Partido
The partido of Coronel Pringles is a subdivision of the Province of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Located in the southern part of the province, it was founded on 10 July 1882 by the provincial government when they divided the territory of Tres Arroyos into the partidos of Coronel Suárez, Tres Arroyos...
.
The partido
Partido
A partido is an administrative subdivision of the . They are formally considered to be a single municipality, and usually contain one or more population centers...
of Coronel Pringles
Coronel Pringles Partido
The partido of Coronel Pringles is a subdivision of the Province of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Located in the southern part of the province, it was founded on 10 July 1882 by the provincial government when they divided the territory of Tres Arroyos into the partidos of Coronel Suárez, Tres Arroyos...
was created in 1882 by the government of the Province of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
who divided the territory of Tres Arroyos into the partidos of Coronel Suárez
Coronel Suárez Partido
The partido of Coronel Suárez is a subdivision of the Province of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Located in the south-central part of the province, it was created in 1882 by the provincial government when they divided the territory of Tres Arroyos into the partidos of Coronel Suárez, Tres Arroyos and...
, Tres Arroyos
Tres Arroyos Partido
The partido of Tres Arroyos is a subdivision of the Province of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Located on the Atlantic coast of the province, it was created in 1882 by the provincial government when they divided the territory of Tres Arroyos into the partidos of Coronel Suárez, Tres Arroyos and...
and Coronel Pringles
Coronel Pringles Partido
The partido of Coronel Pringles is a subdivision of the Province of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Located in the southern part of the province, it was founded on 10 July 1882 by the provincial government when they divided the territory of Tres Arroyos into the partidos of Coronel Suárez, Tres Arroyos...
. The latter, and its main town, were named after Coronel Juan Pascual Pringles, a member of grenadiers regiment of General San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...
's army that fought in the wars of independence against the Spanish.
Located a distance of 120 km from Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca is a city located in the south-west of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, and seat of government of Bahía Blanca Partido. It has a population of 274,509 inhabitants according to the...
and 518 km from Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Pringles today has a population of around 23.794 inhabitants (2001) and its main economic activities are related to agriculture and sheep and cattle raising. It is sometimes referred to as the "Capital de los Lanares", which in English means the "Wool Capital", in recognition of the importance of sheep farming in the surrounding area.
History
- 1882: The partido of Coronel Pringles was created on 10 July and the town on 24 September.
- 1890: The first major, Felipe S. Medina, was elected.
- 1900: The church of Santa Rosa de Lima was inaugurated by the Bishop of La PlataLa PlataLa Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....
, Monsenor Mariano Espinosa, on 14 January. The town was linked by telegraph to the rest of the province. - 1903: Opening, on 15 July, of the broad gauge railway line through Coronel Pringles, linking OlavarríaOlavarríaOlavarría is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located. It is the capital of the Olavarría Partido and has over 111,320 inhabitants, per the ....
and Bahía BlancaBahía BlancaBahía Blanca is a city located in the south-west of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, and seat of government of Bahía Blanca Partido. It has a population of 274,509 inhabitants according to the...
, and built by the British-owned company Gran Ferrocarril Sur. This company was later to become part of Ferrocarril General RocaFerrocarril General RocaFerrocarril General Roca , named after the former Argentine president Julio Argentino Roca, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the railway network in 1948...
after the railways were nationalised in 1948. - 1905: A branch of the Nacional Bank of Argentina (Banco de la Nación Argentina) was opened.
- 1908: Building of the 600 seat Spanish Theatre (Teatro Espanol) was completed.
- 1910: On 1 January the Coronel SuárezCoronel SuárezCoronel Suárez is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is also the capital of Coronel Suárez Partido.The partido was created in 1882 by the government of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina who divided the territory of Tres Arroyos into the partidos of Tres Arroyos, Coronel Pringles and...
to Puerto BelgranoPuerto BelgranoBase Naval Puerto Belgrano is the largest naval base of the Argentine Navy, situated next to Punta Alta, near Bahía Blanca, about south of Buenos Aires...
section of the broad gauge railway line through Pringles, built by the French-owned company Ferrocarril Rosario y Puerto BelgranoFerrocarril Rosario y Puerto BelgranoThe Ferrocarril Rosario y Puerto Belgrano was a French-owned railway company which operated a broad gauge, , single track line between the cities of Rosario and Puerto Belgrano in Argentina...
was opened. The section linking Pringles to RosarioRosarioRosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....
was opened later that year on 15 December. This railway company was later to become part of Ferrocarril General Bartolomé MitreFerrocarril General Bartolomé MitreFerrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre , named after the former Argentine president Bartolomé Mitre, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the railway network in 1948...
after the railways were nationalised in 1948. - 1912: The children's home (Hogar del Niño) was opened.
- 1914: The poetess Almafuerte visited Pringles and gave a lecture in the Spanish Theatre (Teatro Espanol).
- 1915: The newspaper El Orden was founded in October.
- 1916: The Club Leando N. Alem was founded.
- 1919: A branch of the Provincial Bank of Buenos Aires (Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires) was opened.
- 1928: The Pringles Bank (Banco de Pringles) was founded.
- 1930: Television transmissions first received.
- 1932: Pringles Public Library (Biblioteca Popular Pringles ) was opened.
- 1933: The famous tango singer, Carlos GardelCarlos GardelCarlos Gardel was a singer, songwriter and actor, and is perhaps the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was born in Toulouse, France, although he never acknowledged his birthplace publicly, and there are still claims of his birth in Uruguay. He lived in Argentina from the age of two...
, gave a concert at the Spanish Theatre (Teatro Espanol) on 18 May, accompanied by his guitarists Horacio Pottorossi, Guillermo Barbieri, Domingo Riverol and Julio Vivas. Barbieri and Riverol died along with Gardel in a plane crash two years later. - 1934: Coronel Pringles declared a city.
- 1938: Building of the Town Hall (Palacio Municipal), Municipal Slaughterhouse (El Matadero Municipal), the Main Square (La Plaza ) and The Avenue (Las Ramblas) were completed under the direction of the architect Francisco SalamoneFrancisco SalamoneFrancisco Salamone was an Argentine architect of Italian descent who, between 1936 and 1940, during the Infamous Decade, built more than 60 municipal buildings with elements of Art Deco style in 25 rural communities on the Argentine Pampas within the Buenos Aires Province...
. - 1938: The Rural Society (La Sociedad Rural) was founded.
- 1941: The Flying Club (Aeroclub) and the Electricity Cooperative (La Cooperativa Electrica) were founded. A local branch of the Rotary Club was founded under the presidency of Julían Castro Olivera
- 1944: The Old Peoples Home (El Hogar de Ancianos) was opened.
- 1948: El Fogon de los Gauchos founded.
- 1950: The Voluntary Fire Service (El cuerpo de Bomberos Voluntarios) was created.
- 1956: El Club de Pesca Social y Deporte was founded.
- 1965: The Lions Club (Club de Leones) was founded under the presidency of Augusto Mariani
- 1966: Alliance françaiseAlliance françaiseThe Alliance française , or AF, is an international organisation that aims to promote French language and culture around the world. created in Paris on 21 July 1883, its primary concern is teaching French as a second language and is headquartered in Paris -History:The Alliance was created in Paris...
was set up. - 1968: A local branch office of the newspaper La Nueva Provincia opened.
- 1981: The City Cultural Museum (La Casa de Cultura y Museo de la Ciudad) opened.
- 1982: An acacia tree was planted by the writer Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis BorgesJorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo , known as Jorge Luis Borges , was an Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. In 1914 his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school, receiving his baccalauréat from the Collège de Genève in 1918. The family...
in the Garden of Historic Trees (Patio de los Árboles Historicos) on 12 September.
Mayors (Intendentes) of Coronel Pringles
- 1890 Felipe S. Medina,
- 1893 Miguel Collins,
- 1894 Julio Dupont,
- 1894 Jorge A. Stegmann,
- 1895 Julio Dupont,
- 1897 Felipe Medina,
- 1899 Juan P. Cabrera,
- 1900 Pedro Arrascaete,
- 1906 Pedro Arrascaete,
- 1911 Eugenio E. Clayrian,
- 1916 Alfredo Riat,
- 1917 Victor Aguilar,
- 1918 Casimo Peralta,
- 1919 Enrique G. Geddes,
- 1922 Julian Miganne,
- 1924 Luis L. Etchecopar,
- 1926 Francisco Estevarena,
- 1928 Manuel B. Cabrera,
- 1928 Cecilio Leoz,
- 1930 Pablo Ibarrondo,
- 1932 Santiago Bertolotto,
- 1938 Martín S. Vidondo,
- 1939 Martín Carri,
- 1940 Alberto Obejero,
- 1941 T. Rodolfo Riat,
- 1942 Domingo Mendez,
- 1944 El major A. Ibarborde,
- 1945 Gregorio Díaz Vega,
- 1947 Dr Antonio Scavuzzo,
- 1955 Gregorio Díaz Vega,
- 1958 José I. Uthurralt,
- 1962 Hector A. Larceri,
- 1964 Arturo C.Perez Erro,
- 1966 Juan P. Piccione
- 1972 Ignacio C. Candaosa
- 1973 Juan B.Z. Vitale
- 1975 Alberto Insúa
- 1976 Cap. Raúl Vicente Vittola
- 1976 Joaquín de Adúriz
- 1983 Dr. Julio César Lozano
- 1987 Edgardo Cabanillas
- 1987 Dr. Héctor Oscar Scavuzzo
- 1991 Ing. Juan Carlos Amores
- 1995 Dr. Aldo Luis Mensi
- 1999 Dr. Aldo Luis Mensi
- 2003 Dr. Aldo Luis Mensi
- 2005 Omar Berruet
- 2005 Dr. Aldo Luis Mensi
- 2007 Dr. Aldo Luis Mensi
- 2009 Carlos Ulises Oreste
Celebrities Born in Coronel Pringles
- Juan Carlos ThorryJuan Carlos ThorryBorn José Antonio Torrontegui and known as Juan Carlos Thorry was an Argentine film actor, tango musician and director....
(1908-2000) film actor, tango musician. - César AiraCésar AiraCésar Aira is an Argentine writer and translator, and an exponent of Argentine contemporary literature. He has published over fifty books of stories, novels and essays...
, writer, born 1949 - Arturo CarreraArturo CarreraArturo Carrera is an Argentine poet born on 27 March 1948 in Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires Province.- Biography :In 1966, he moved to Buenos Aires where he worked on various literary projects with the writer César Aira, also from Coronel Pringles, with whom he founded the literary magazine El Cielo...
, poet. - Celeste Carballo, singer and composer of rock music.
- Millie Stegman, actress.
- Juan Segundo Stegman, actor and conductor.
- Ricardo Martinez Paz, actor, photographer, costume designer.
- Alejandro Carrafancq, architect and researcher.
- Juan Ezequiel Cuevas, soccer player.
- Andrés Agulla, co-host of TV.
- Paula Torres, a journalist.
- Jose Miguel Garcia Loos, writer.
- Esteban Chango Fernandino, Racer http://dodgenews.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/fallecio-estanban-chango-fernandino/
- Luis Alberto Oxoteguy, Rally Driver, Argentinian Champion.
Provincial Routes
- Access to the Party is possible through the Provincial Route 51 or Provincial Route 85. The city is heading to 517 km of the City of Buenos Aires and 127 km by Bahía BlancaBahía BlancaBahía Blanca is a city located in the south-west of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, and seat of government of Bahía Blanca Partido. It has a population of 274,509 inhabitants according to the...
, associated with the federal capital and other urban centers through a network of provincial roads, mostly paved.
Train
- FFCC, station Pringles of Rock in 1530 and Milani Palmiro Av Dardo Rocha, four services weekly passenger train "line of Constitution Square in Bahía Blanca "(Via Pringles).
- Schedule of services to Coronel Pringles
Air
- Aerodrome provincial, 38°1′40"S 61°29′0"W, 3 km southeast of the city. En Route 51 km 617 and Pringles access through 9 de Julio | Tel +(54)(2922) 46-2488
- Airport commander Spore, Location: Bahía Blanca (1 hour by land) on Route 3 North Ex km 675 | IATA Code: BHI, Category: Cabotage | Tel + 54 (291) 486-0300
Micros Long Distance
Malvinas Argentinas Bus Station at Avenida Arturo Frondizi and Belgrano- Andesmar Tel +54 (2922) 46-4918
- Condor La Estrella Tel +54 (2922) 46-2857
- El Rapido Tel +54 (2922) 46-2857
- Express Cabildo Tel +54 (2922) 46-5001
- Jetmar Tel +54 (2922) 46-2595
- Plusmar Tel +54 (2922) 46-2595
- Tramat Tel +54 (2922) 46-4918
Online Radios
- Fm Génesis 90.7 Mhz Coronel Pringles
- Fm Transformación 91.3 Mhz Coronel Pringles
- Fm Pueblo De Dios 91.9 Mhz Coronel Pringles
- Fm Sinfonía 94.3 Mhz Coronel Pringles
- Fm Impacto 98.3 Mhz Coronel Pringles
- Pringles Fm 100.3 Mhz Coronel Pringles
- Fm La Nueva Generación 107.3 Mhz Coronel Pringles
Journals Online
- Journals El Orden
- El Expreso Semanal
- Informe Rural
- The Journals of Pringles
- Pringles 24, breaking news
Local TV Channel
- Canal 2 de Coronel Pringles, CCTV S.A
- Pringles Tv Channel 6