Pigüé
Sign in to savePigüé () is a town in Argentina located in the Pampas, south-west of Buenos Aires. It was founded by 165 Occitan-speaking French immigrants from Aveyron (Avairon in occitan) and one Argentine of direct Irish descent on December 4, 1884. The urban population is now 13,822 (INDEC 2001) and has increased by 9.5% since the 1991 census. Pigüé is the administrative centre of Saavedra Partido, Buenos Aires Province.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Pigüé
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Argentina
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Argentina
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 200
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Buenos Aires
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Partido
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Saavedra
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- December 4, 1884
- Settlement.established_title2
- Founders
- Settlement.established_date2
- Cabanettes & Casey
- Settlement.population_total
- 13,822
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 293
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- CPA Base
- Settlement.postal_code
- B 8170
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- locality
- Country
- Argentina
- Located in
- Saavedra Partido
- Elevation
- 293
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Capital of
- Saavedra Partido
- Image
- Clément Cabanettes - Pigüé.JPG
- Significant event
- city status
Show 3 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Rodez
- inception
- 1884-12-04
- Commons category
- Pigüé
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- A brief account
- Background and preparation
- First steps in the promised land
- Climate
- The founding 166
- See also
- References
- External links
Pigüé () is a town in Argentina located in the Pampas, south-west of Buenos Aires. It was founded by 165 Occitan-speaking French immigrants from Aveyron (Avairon in occitan) and one Argentine of direct Irish descent on December 4, 1884. The urban population is now 13,822 (INDEC 2001) and has increased by 9.5% since the 1991 census. Pigüé is the administrative centre of Saavedra Partido, Buenos Aires Province.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pigüé” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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