Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña
| Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña | |
|---|---|
| City | |
  Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña Location of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña in Argentina | |
| Coordinates: 26°47′S 60°27′W / 26.783°S 60.450°WCoordinates: 26°47′S 60°27′W / 26.783°S 60.450°W | |
| Country |
 Argentina |
| Province | Chaco |
| Department | Comandante Fernández |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carim Antonio Peche (Alianza) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 76,377 |
| Time zone | ART (UTC-3) |
| CPA base | H3700 |
| Dialing code | +54 3732 |
Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (normally known as Sáenz Peña) is a city in the province of Chaco, Argentina. It is the second largest in the province. It is located 170 kilometres (110 mi) west-northwest of the provincial capital Resistencia, on the main rail and road route across northern Argentina to Salta. The city has a population of 76,377 for the urban area (localidad) and 88,164 for the whole municipality (2001 census [INDEC]).
Sáenz Peña was founded in 1912 and has developed as a commercial and industrial centre serving the surrounding agricultural region of the Gran Chaco plains.
Climate
| Climate data for Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Chaco | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 43.8 (110.8) |
42.5 (108.5) |
41.9 (107.4) |
38.8 (101.8) |
39.0 (102.2) |
35.2 (95.4) |
36.7 (98.1) |
40.4 (104.7) |
41.8 (107.2) |
43.5 (110.3) |
44.5 (112.1) |
44.2 (111.6) |
44.5 (112.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 33.9 (93) |
32.4 (90.3) |
31.1 (88) |
27.2 (81) |
24.4 (75.9) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.8 (76.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
29.4 (84.9) |
31.1 (88) |
33.0 (91.4) |
28.2 (82.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.1 (80.8) |
26.1 (79) |
24.6 (76.3) |
20.8 (69.4) |
17.8 (64) |
15.6 (60.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.0 (62.6) |
19.2 (66.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
24.2 (75.6) |
26.2 (79.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) |
19.7 (67.5) |
18.4 (65.1) |
14.9 (58.8) |
12.1 (53.8) |
10.0 (50) |
8.7 (47.7) |
9.8 (49.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.1 (59.2) |
17.0 (62.6) |
19.2 (66.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) |
6.8 (44.2) |
2.7 (36.9) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−7.2 (19) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
0.2 (32.4) |
2.6 (36.7) |
5.0 (41) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 137.3 (5.406) |
119.5 (4.705) |
131.6 (5.181) |
114.5 (4.508) |
47.6 (1.874) |
24.7 (0.972) |
18.7 (0.736) |
21.9 (0.862) |
37.7 (1.484) |
91.2 (3.591) |
118.1 (4.65) |
126.1 (4.965) |
988.9 (38.933) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 70 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 70 | 73 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 67 | 65 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 72 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 285.2 | 243.0 | 229.4 | 186.0 | 189.1 | 150.0 | 186.0 | 201.5 | 207.0 | 241.8 | 264.0 | 285.2 | 2,668.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 67 | 66 | 60 | 54 | 56 | 46 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 61 | 65 | 67 | 60 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (temperature 1930–2012, precipitation 1924–2012, humidity 1965–2012 and sun 1968–2012)[1] | |||||||||||||
Residential section
Commercial district
See also
References
- ↑ "Estadisticas Meteorologicas: Periodo 1930–2012" (PDF). Informacion Agrometeorologica Anual–2013 (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (Spanish)