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Castelar
Castelar is located in Greater Buenos Aires
Castelar
Castelar
Location in Greater Buenos Aires
Country  Argentina
Province [Image:Bandera de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.svg
Partido Morón
Declared city 1971
Elevation
28 m (92 ft)
Population
 (2001 census [INDEC])
 • Total 104,019
CPA Base
B 1712
Area code(s) +54 11
Estación Castelar
Castelar train station

Castelar is a city in Morón Partido (county), Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, some 30 km west of the nation's capital, the autonomous city of Buenos Aires. It is part of the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area.

Castelar is the westernmost city of the Morón Partido, and borders on Ituzaingó Partido.

It is the second most populated city in Morón, and it's located in the western side of it.

Climate

Climate data for Castelar (1991–2020, extremes 1961–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 42.6
(108.7)
39.2
(102.6)
36.3
(97.3)
32.5
(90.5)
29.8
(85.6)
27.2
(81.0)
31.1
(88.0)
29.7
(85.5)
34.0
(93.2)
35.4
(95.7)
38.0
(100.4)
38.9
(102.0)
42.6
(108.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 29.9
(85.8)
28.6
(83.5)
26.6
(79.9)
22.7
(72.9)
18.9
(66.0)
15.9
(60.6)
15.1
(59.2)
17.6
(63.7)
19.4
(66.9)
22.3
(72.1)
25.5
(77.9)
28.5
(83.3)
22.6
(72.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 23.9
(75.0)
22.8
(73.0)
20.8
(69.4)
17.0
(62.6)
13.6
(56.5)
10.9
(51.6)
9.9
(49.8)
12.0
(53.6)
14.0
(57.2)
16.9
(62.4)
19.9
(67.8)
22.6
(72.7)
17.0
(62.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 18.2
(64.8)
17.5
(63.5)
15.6
(60.1)
11.9
(53.4)
8.9
(48.0)
6.2
(43.2)
5.4
(41.7)
6.8
(44.2)
8.7
(47.7)
11.5
(52.7)
13.9
(57.0)
16.4
(61.5)
11.7
(53.1)
Record low °C (°F) 7.0
(44.6)
5.9
(42.6)
2.7
(36.9)
1.4
(34.5)
−1.9
(28.6)
−6.3
(20.7)
−5.0
(23.0)
−2.5
(27.5)
−2.1
(28.2)
0.0
(32.0)
2.9
(37.2)
5.8
(42.4)
−6.3
(20.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 105.5
(4.15)
112.3
(4.42)
110.7
(4.36)
104.7
(4.12)
79.4
(3.13)
49.7
(1.96)
56.0
(2.20)
58.2
(2.29)
65.7
(2.59)
114.1
(4.49)
103.0
(4.06)
98.0
(3.86)
1,057.2
(41.62)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 8.3 7.5 8.1 8.1 7.0 6.2 6.1 5.9 6.7 8.9 7.9 8.0 88.6
Average snowy days 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Average relative humidity (%) 67.4 72.4 75.6 80.0 82.3 81.5 79.7 74.9 72.6 73.3 69.8 66.6 74.7
Mean monthly sunshine hours 291.4 245.8 232.5 192.0 167.4 144.0 155.0 182.9 192.0 226.3 258.0 288.3 2,575.6
Mean daily sunshine hours 9.4 8.7 7.5 6.4 5.4 4.8 5.0 5.9 6.4 7.3 8.6 9.3 7.0
Percent possible sunshine 70 71 66 64 59 46 48 55 58 57 64 65 60
Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (extremes 1961–present at Morón Airport and Air Base)
Source 2: UNLP (percent sun 1971–1980)

Economy

The Sero electric factory is located in Castelar.

History

The first owner of the land now known as Castelar was Mateo Sanchez, who received a squared portion of land in the zone previously known as Cañada de Ruiz― according to the orders of the governor Juan Ramirez de Velasco. Surprisingly, the limits of that land were almost double the size of the current city. In 1610 the land suffered its first change of owner, since Mateo Sanchez had sold it to captain Francisco Romero from Santa Cruz. The lot continued to be in the hands of Romero's descendants until 1673, the year that Sebastian de Gilles acquired it, which led to a slow fragmenting of the land.

Notable residents

  • Daniel Guerrero - television and film actor, radio announcer and television show host
  • Brian Smith - racing driver
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