Azul, Buenos Aires

Azul
Town

Plaza San Martín
Coordinates: 36°47′S 59°51′W / 36.783°S 59.850°W / -36.783; -59.850
Country  Argentina
Province Buenos Aires
Partido Azul
Founded December 16, 1832
Elevation 137 m (449 ft)
Population (2012)
 • Total 56,719
CPA Base B 7330
Area code(s) +54 2281
Climate Cfa
Website www.azul.gov.ar

Azul (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈsul]) is the head city of the Azul Partido, located at the center of the Buenos Aires Province in Argentina, 300 km south of Buenos Aires. It has 63,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC] .

City Hall

Its principal, goods-producing economic activities are agriculture and the raising of cattle for meat exports. Home to a dynamic services sector, over 2,000 commercial businesses are registered in the city.[1]

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary

The town was founded on December 16, 1832, following Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas' orders for the construction of a fort, San Serapio Mártir del Arroyo Azul, to guard against indigenous raids. Subsequent land grants led to the developemt of a stable community, and in 1895, Azul was formally declared a town by provincial authorities. The local cathedral, Nuestra Señora del Rosario, was consecrated in 1906.

Monument in the Azul Cemetery, by Francisco Salamone

The town's cemetery portal and main slaughterhouse were both designed by architect Francisco Salamone, and contain elements of Art Deco style. Built in the late 1930s, these buildings were some of the first examples of modern architecture in rural Argentina. The town was the scene of an attack on outlying Army barracks by the far-left ERP on January 19, 1974, the most violent siege of its type in the country up to that point.

Azul is home to the schools of Agronomy and Law of the National University of Central Buenos Aires. The Teatro Español, founded in the city in 1897, is among the most important of the central pampas area, and in 1992, hosted the Bolshoi Ballet.[2]

The Miguel de Cervantes Festival is held there annually since 2007, and Casa Ronco, an antiquarian library and museum, maintains among the country's best collections relating to the noted Spanish writer. The Casa Ronco is named after the collector Batolomé Ronco. Azul was declared Argentina's "City of Cervantes" by UNESCO in 2007.[3]

Climate

Climate data for Azul, Buenos Aires Province (1961–1990, extremes 1970–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 40.3
(104.5)		 37.8
(100)		 36.7
(98.1)		 33.5
(92.3)		 29.5
(85.1)		 22.2
(72)		 26.2
(79.2)		 33.0
(91.4)		 30.9
(87.6)		 33.3
(91.9)		 35.5
(95.9)		 40.6
(105.1)		 40.6
(105.1)
Average high °C (°F) 29.2
(84.6)		 28.1
(82.6)		 25.0
(77)		 21.2
(70.2)		 17.1
(62.8)		 13.6
(56.5)		 13.4
(56.1)		 15.2
(59.4)		 17.8
(64)		 20.2
(68.4)		 23.9
(75)		 27.3
(81.1)		 21.0
(69.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 21.3
(70.3)		 20.3
(68.5)		 17.6
(63.7)		 13.9
(57)		 10.3
(50.5)		 7.5
(45.5)		 7.3
(45.1)		 8.4
(47.1)		 10.8
(51.4)		 13.7
(56.7)		 16.8
(62.2)		 19.8
(67.6)		 14.0
(57.2)
Average low °C (°F) 13.8
(56.8)		 13.4
(56.1)		 11.5
(52.7)		 7.9
(46.2)		 4.9
(40.8)		 2.5
(36.5)		 2.3
(36.1)		 2.8
(37)		 4.5
(40.1)		 7.5
(45.5)		 9.9
(49.8)		 12.4
(54.3)		 7.8
(46)
Record low °C (°F) 2.1
(35.8)		 2.0
(35.6)		 0.0
(32)		 −4.0
(24.8)		 −7.2
(19)		 −10.8
(12.6)		 −10.1
(13.8)		 −8.8
(16.2)		 −8.6
(16.5)		 −5.0
(23)		 −3.9
(25)		 −1.6
(29.1)		 −10.8
(12.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 114.5
(4.508)		 92.0
(3.622)		 131.2
(5.165)		 85.1
(3.35)		 61.9
(2.437)		 41.6
(1.638)		 44.8
(1.764)		 44.8
(1.764)		 60.8
(2.394)		 97.7
(3.846)		 93.9
(3.697)		 105.0
(4.134)		 973.3
(38.319)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 9 7 9 7 7 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 93
Average relative humidity (%) 71 75 79 81 83 84 84 79 76 78 75 72 78
Mean monthly sunshine hours 235.6 231.7 198.4 183.0 158.1 108.0 117.8 158.1 177.0 192.2 222.0 229.4 2,211.3
Percent possible sunshine 53 60 52 55 50 38 39 47 50 47 52 51 50
Source #1: NOAA,[4] Oficina de Riesgo Agropecuario (record highs and lows)[5]
Source #2: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (precipitation days),[6] UNLP (sun only)[7]

References

  1. ↑ Subcomisión de Turismo: Azul es Historia (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Teatro Español de Azul Archived April 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Clarín (26 January 2007) (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ "Azul Aero Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Azul, Buenos Aires". Estadísticas meteorológicas decadiales (in Spanish). Oficina de Riesgo Agropecuario. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Valores Medios de Temperatura y Precipitación-Buenos Aires: Azul" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Datos bioclimáticos de 173 localidades argentinas". Atlas Bioclimáticos (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Retrieved June 19, 2015.

Coordinates: 36°47′S 59°51′W / 36.783°S 59.850°W / -36.783; -59.850

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