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Coronel Suárez
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 Coronel Suárez
Location in Argentina
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| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Buenos Aires |
| Partido | Coronel Suárez |
| Founded | May 28, 1883 |
| Elevation | 228 m (748 ft) |
| Population
(2010 census [INDEC])
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| • Total | 23,621 |
| CPA Base |
B 7540
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| Area code(s) | +54 2926 |
Coronel Suárez is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the main town for the Coronel Suárez Partido, which is like a county or district.
About 23,621 people lived here in 2010. The city's main jobs are in agriculture (farming) and cattle raising (raising cows). Coronel Suárez is very famous for its Polo Club. This club was started in 1929. Its polo team has won many times in the Argentine Open Polo Championship. This is the most important polo tournament in the world! The team even won it for ten years in a row, from 1961 to 1970.
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History of Coronel Suárez
The area around Coronel Suárez is called a "partido." This is a type of district in Buenos Aires Province. The government created this partido in 1882. They divided a larger area called Tres Arroyos into three new districts. These were Tres Arroyos, Coronel Pringles, and Coronel Suárez.
Who was Coronel Suárez?
The city and its district are named after Manuel Isidoro Suárez (1799–1846). He was a colonel in the Argentine Army. He fought bravely in the wars to make Argentina independent from Spain. Colonel Suárez led soldiers from Peru and Colombia to victory. This happened at the Battle of Junín in Peru on August 6, 1824. Manuel Isidoro Suárez was also the great-grandfather of a famous writer named Jorge Luis Borges.
Founding the City
The city of Coronel Suárez was officially started on May 28, 1883. A man named Eduardo Casey founded it. It was built near the edge of what was then Indian territory. A fort was also built next to the Sauce Corto river to protect the new settlement. Many of the first people to settle here were Volga German immigrants. They came from a region in Russia.
Railways Arrive
On May 16, 1884, a railway station opened in Coronel Suárez. This train line connected Olavarría to Bahía Blanca. A British company called the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway operated it. Later, in 1907, a second train station opened. This one was part of the French-owned Ferrocarril Rosario y Puerto Belgrano line.
Climate
| Climate data for Coronel Suárez (1981–2010, extremes 1961–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 39.3 (102.7) |
39.1 (102.4) |
35.8 (96.4) |
33.9 (93.0) |
28.2 (82.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
31.6 (88.9) |
29.3 (84.7) |
33.4 (92.1) |
35.6 (96.1) |
39.0 (102.2) |
39.3 (102.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.7 (83.7) |
27.4 (81.3) |
24.8 (76.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
16.1 (61.0) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.3 (54.1) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.1 (62.8) |
20.3 (68.5) |
23.9 (75.0) |
27.4 (81.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
13.3 (55.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
6.6 (43.9) |
5.9 (42.6) |
7.9 (46.2) |
10.3 (50.5) |
13.5 (56.3) |
16.6 (61.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
13.5 (56.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) |
12.7 (54.9) |
11.1 (52.0) |
7.0 (44.6) |
3.8 (38.8) |
1.3 (34.3) |
0.4 (32.7) |
1.4 (34.5) |
3.4 (38.1) |
6.6 (43.9) |
9.3 (48.7) |
12.0 (53.6) |
6.9 (44.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 112.3 (4.42) |
80.4 (3.17) |
95.9 (3.78) |
70.9 (2.79) |
47.4 (1.87) |
22.1 (0.87) |
28.5 (1.12) |
32.4 (1.28) |
58.1 (2.29) |
99.7 (3.93) |
74.3 (2.93) |
84.1 (3.31) |
806.1 (31.74) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.2 | 6.6 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 87.5 |
| Average snowy days | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 64.7 | 69.4 | 74.4 | 76.7 | 79.7 | 81.1 | 79.1 | 72.8 | 71.3 | 71.7 | 66.9 | 62.1 | 72.5 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 274.7 | 264.7 | 241.7 | 197.9 | 155.7 | 129.8 | 143.0 | 174.8 | 200.4 | 231.7 | 259.4 | 252.6 | 2,563.7 |
| Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (snow 1991–2000) | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: World Meteorological Organization (sunshine hours 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
Airfield
Coronel Suárez has an airfield named Brig D Hector Eduardo Ruiz (SAZC).
- Its elevation is 234 meters (768 feet) above sea level.
- It has one paved runway.
- The runway is 1318 meters (4324 feet) long and 27 meters (89 feet) wide.
- The runway's coordinates are 37°26′46″S 61°53′21″W.
See also
In Spanish: Coronel Suárez para niños
