Coronel Pringles
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| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Buenos Aires |
| Partido | Coronel Pringles |
| Founded | September 24, 1882 |
| Elevation | 297 m (974 ft) |
| Population (2001 census [INDEC]) | |
| - Total | 20,605 |
| CPA Base | B 7530 |
| Area code(s) | +54 2922 |
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 Bahia Blanca and 518 km from Buenos Aires, Pringles today has a population of around 16,732 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.
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[edit] History
1882: The partido of Coronel Pringles was created on 5 July.
1890: The first major, Felipe S. Medina, was elected.
1900: The church of Santa Rosa de Lima was inaugurated by the Bishop of La Plata, 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 Olavarría and Bahia Blanca, and built by the British-owned company Gran Ferrocarril Sur. This company was later to become part of Ferrocarril General Roca 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 Suárez to Puerto Belgrano section of the broad gauge railway line through Pringles, built by the French-owned company Ferrocarril Rosario y Puerto Belgrano was opened. The section linking Pringles to Rosario was opened later that year on 15 December. This railway company was later to become part of Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre after the railways were nationalised in 1948.
1912: The chilren'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 Gardel, gave a concert at the Spanish Theatre (Teatro Espanol) on 18 May, accompanied by his guitarists Horacio Pettorossi, 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 Salamone.
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 française 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: A tree was planted by the writer Jorge Luis Borges in the Garden of Historic Trees (Patio de los Árboles Historicos).
[edit] 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
[edit] Celebrities Born in Coronel Pringles
- Juan Carlos Thorry(1908-2000) film actor, tango musician.
- César Aira, writer, born 1949
- Arturo Carrera, poet.
- Celeste carballo, singer and composer of rock music.
- Millie Stegman, actress.
[edit] Newspapers
• El Orden • El Diario de Pringles
[edit] Railway
[edit] External links
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.
- (Spanish) Official Web-site of Coronel Pringles
[edit] References
Centenario de Coronel Pringles, Aldo H. Pirola, Carlos A. Barragan, Editorial Nueva Era, Coronel Pringles, Prov. de Buenos Aires, Argentina (1983).
Andres M. Regalsky, Foreign Capital, Local Interests and Railway Development in Argentina: French Investments in Railways, 1900-1914, J. of Latin American Studies, Vol 21, No.3 (Oct 1989), pp. 425-452.
