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  Rawson, Chubut -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Rawson is a city in (A republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America) Argentina and has been the capital of (additional info and facts about Chubut Province) Chubut Province since the foundation of the province in 1957.
Rawson is 1470 km from (Capital and largest city of Argentina; located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay; Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center) Buenos Aires, and about 7 km from the coast, near the (additional info and facts about Peninsula Valdés) Peninsula Valdés.
Rawson's climate is dry, with temperatures in the range 0° to 15°C in winter, 10° to 20°C in spring and autumn, and rising to a peak of 38°C in summer.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ra/rawson,_chubut.htm   (176 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Patagonia
Chubut is a province in the southern part of Argentina, that lies between the 42nd Parallel South (forming the border with the Río Negro Province) and 46th Parallel South (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes range separating Argentina from Chile, and the Atlantic ocean.
The Argentine Northwest is a region of Argentina composed by the provinces of Jujuy, Salta, Catamarca and Tucumán.
Rawson is a city in Argentina and is the capital of Chubut Province since the foundation of the province in 1957.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Patagonia   (9569 words)

  
 Rawson, Chubut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rawson is the capital of the Argentine province of Chubut, in the Patagonia.
Rawson is located some 20 kilometres of both Trelew, the Almirante Zar Trelew Airport, and the National Route #3, 1,500 kilometres south of Buenos Aires.
Rawson's climate is dry, with temperatures in the range 0° to 15°C in winter, and 10° to 20°C in spring and autumn, with peaks of up to 38°C in summer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rawson,_Chubut,_Argentina   (348 words)

  
 Argentina. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Argentina is bordered by Chile on the west, Bolivia and Paraguay on the north, Brazil and Uruguay on the northeast, and the Atlantic Ocean on the east.
The chief rivers of Argentina are the Paraná with its tributary, the Salado; the Colorado River; the Río Negro; and the Chubut.
In N Argentina the Gran Chaco, with the physiographically similar Mesopotamia (between the Paraná and Uruguay rivers), is a predominantly flat alluvial plain with a subtropical climate.
www.bartleby.com /65/ar/Argentin.html   (4742 words)

  
 World Almanac for Kids
ARGENTINA or ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, federal republic, S South America, bounded on the N by BOLIVIA and PARAGUAY; on the E by BRAZIL, URUGUAY, and the Atlantic Ocean; on the S by the Atlantic Ocean and CHILE; and on the W by Chile.
Argentina is one of the world’s leading cattle- and grain-producing regions; among the country’s main manufacturing enterprises are meat-packing and flour-milling plants.
Argentina is well served by international airlines; the national airline, Aerolíneas Argentinas (sold by the government in 1992); and several smaller internal lines.
www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/nations/argentina.html   (8501 words)

  
 Argentina argentin.htm
Argentina, or the Argentine Republic is bounded on the north by Bolivia and Paraguay; on the east by Brazil, Uruguay, and the Atlantic Ocean; on the south by the Atlantic Ocean and Chile; and on the west by Chile.
Argentina comprises 22 provinces; the self-governing Federal District, which consists of the city of Buenos Aires and several suburbs; and the national territory of the Argentine part of Tierra del Fuego, the Argentine-claimed sector of Antarctica, and several South Atlantic islands.
Argentina is one of the world's leading cattle- and grain-producing regions; the country's main manufacturing enterprises are meat-packing and flour-milling plants.
www.natlaw.com /pubs/sparcs1.htm   (7808 words)

  
 Chubut Province, Travel and Hotel Information - Argentina Contact
The Chubut province is located in the Patagonian region, it limits to the east with the Atlantic waters from the Argentinean Sea, to the west with the Republic of Chile.
Chubut, is characterized by having a varied and unique geography of deserts, lakes, mountains and Andean forests; which, next to the variety of historical-cultural and natural attractiveness that it contains, transform it into the tourist center of the region.
Another interesting characteristic of Chubut is its population's diversity; like the Welsh in the valley 16 de Octubre, center-European in the low valleys of the Cuenca del Puelo, Spaniards, Italians and Mapuches maintaining their old organization.
www.argentinacontact.com /en/conozca/chubut.php   (171 words)

  
 Patagonia : natual wonders of Chubut , adventure tourism from the Atlantic to the Andes.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
But Valdés is not only one of the most spectacular geographical accidents in Argentina: its climatic conditions -the temperature doesn't exceed 30 °C neither it descends below the zero, its topography and the geographical location transforms it into one of the most important fauna reservations in the country and the world.
In the Patagonia of the Lakes of the Province of Chubut the visitor cand find the city of Esquel, head of services, that counts on receptive agencies, cabotage airport, restaurants, high level hotel and other types of lodgings like the cottages that predominate through out all the mountain range and numerous campings.
This true synthesis of the Patagonia called Chubut, the geographic position that it shows, next to the variety of historical-cultural and natural attractive characteristics that it contains, transform it in the Center of the tourist possibilities of the region, a reason for which it deserves to be visited and lived.
www.sapiensman.com /austral/travel/travel_Argentina5.htm   (1519 words)

  
 Chubut: The persecution of the Mapuche Tehuelche people worsens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This is undoubtedly the response of those who seek to continue living at the expense of the Mapuche Tehuelche, of those who see their privileges endangered if the struggle spreads to all corners of the Puel Mapu (the ancestral Mapuche territory currently occupied by the Argentinian state).
The Community of Futa Huau is in the province of Chubut, district of Cushamen, 150 km.
In this request we must particularly urge that the difficult situation that the Mapuche Tehuelche brothers and sisters are suffering in the province of Chubut be positively resolved.
members.aol.com /mapulink2/english-2/pr-22.html   (1107 words)

  
 ian tan gallery CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART
Nora Patrich was born on June 3, 1952 in Florida, a city in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
She began as a student of Architecture at the University of Buenos Aires and studied art in the studio of the famous Argentine painter Martinez Howard.
During her forced exile from Argentina, she lived in Israel, Spain, Cuba and Mexico, where she attended the School of Art and Design.
www.iantangallery.com /npatrichcv.htm   (591 words)

  
 Trelew Rawson Gaiman Chubut
These 3 cities are located in the inferior valley of the river Chubut near its outlet in the sea.
It is the second city of the Chubut province after Comodoro Rivadavia.
It has a lot of movement since its airport receives all the tourism of the region and it is communicated with Esquel in the Andes through the national route #25.
www.patagonias.net /Cities/TrelewRawsonGaiman.htm   (383 words)

  
 La Plata, Argentina
La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The city was planned to serve as the capital of the province after the city of Buenos Aires was declared as the federal district in 1880.
The cathedral of La Plata is the largest church in Argentina.
creekin.net /c1173-n7-la-plata-argentina.html   (333 words)

  
 INTEGRATION OF FOREST AND CADASTRAL PROJECTS IN THE PROVINCE OF CHUBUT, ARGENTINA
Chubut, one of the Patagonian provinces of Argentina, is developing the acquisition of its territorial information through the integration of projects of distinct provincial organisations in co-operation with third parties.
The Directorate General of Forest and Parks (DGByP) of Chubut is in charge of the implementation of forest policy which seeks the conservation of the native forest resources, the protection against fires and plagues and the forestation of suitable areas.
As a large part of the forests in the province of Chubut are in extremely difficult accessible areas and because financial resources were limited, more emphasis was given to the image processing in order to reduce the costs of fieldwork.
www.sli.unimelb.edu.au /fig7/Brighton98/Comm7Papers/TS53-Claverie.html   (2525 words)

  
 Chubut Province - Argentina
Dry of steppe: it is the one of the Valdés peninsula.
The Chubut´s mountain range is the region with most rains of the country.
In the Patagonian Plateau the steppe vegetation predominates: stocky shrubs not higher than a meter, along with grass that grows in low and compact bushes.
www.argentour.com /Chubut.htm   (408 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Chubut Province Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chubut Province is a province in the southern part of Argentina.
It was settled by Welsh speaking Britons during the 19th century.
The capital is located in northern Chubut: Rawson (a small city) near Trelew (the great city of northern Chubut).
www.ipedia.com /chubut_province.html   (157 words)

  
 Trelew - Chubut - Argentina - PescaNet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It is the departing point for sightseeing tours to the Lower Chubut River Valley, with its traditional towns Gaiman and Dolavon, the Magelianic Penguin colony "Punta Tombo", Rawson, Playa Union and Rawson Harbour, Dam Florentino Ameghino, Camarones, Valdes Peninsula and Puerto Madryn.
Also worth visiting are Trelew´s Palaentological Museum Egidio Feruglio, one of the most relevant in South America not only for the pieces it treasures, but also for the research activities carried out to solve the mysteries of Patagonian Fauna and Flora evolution in the last 380 million years.
Other places of interest are the Regional Museum of History "Pueblo de Luis", which exhibits the history of the town and its population; the Moriah Chapel and its graveyard, with the tombs of the first settlers arrived in Patagonia; Independencia Square, with its old summerhouse; and many historical monuments.
english.pescanet.com /lugares_para_pescar/chubut/trelew/trelew_english.htm   (685 words)

  
 Protected Areas Programme -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Nuevo Gulf is a bay nearly completely enclosed by the Península itself and the coast of the Chubut province.
The shoreline of the Península extends for 400km and represents 34% of the total coast of the Chubut Province.
The number of communities represented in the area demonstrate its importance from the phyto-geographic point of view, considering that in the whole Patagonian region 28 communities have been described.
sea.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/pen_vald.html   (2414 words)

  
 RAWSON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Search the RAWSON Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
Search the RAWSON Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
Find graves of people named RAWSON at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/R/RAWSON.htm   (73 words)

  
 Gourmet Proposal at Puerto de Rawson
After observing the unpublished performance by the Patagonian dolphin, which surfed and jumped in the immensity of the ocean landscape, we returned to the harbor of Rawson.
In the distance, only the traces of the bright wake left by the boat on the surface of the water remained and were vanishing little by little.
Today it is named after her late husband, Don Marcelino González, who in the year 1955 arrived in the area to build the northern breakwater, thus becoming one of the first settlers of this place.
www.interpatagonia.com /paseos/gustos_del_puerto/index_i.html   (564 words)

  
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The approval of the project of Chubut was obtained in 1993 and the execution started in 1994.
The developments in telecommunications over the last years, such as the availability of Internet and e-mail in the majority of the cities, helps to overcome the barriers for fluid inter-provincial cadastral communications in a country which measures approximately 4000 km from north to south and with an economic emergency situation in the provincial governments.
The consensus which is being reached in the Federal Cadastral Council to concretise working procedures based on co-operation and integration of the provincial visions, as well as on dynamic forms of communication, is another opportunity to contribute to the maintenance of the cadastral systems.
www.sli.unimelb.edu.au /fig7/Brighton98/Comm7Papers/TS26-Meijere.html   (2202 words)

  
 MercoPress - Falklands-Malvinas & South Atlantic News
The Directorate says it will not renew the permit to operate in provincial waters of any vessel owner that does not fulfil these requirements, or if a vessel's file is incomplete or out of date.
Ecuadorian fish exports are being hit by the high tariffs Argentina has slapped on fish imports, especially sardine and tuna.
Argentina - one of the country's main tuna buyers - behind US, France, Spain, Holland, England and Germany - hiked tariffs on imports of tuna, sardine, and other goods from 4 to 18% cent in response to Ecuador’s Rural Sanitation Service (SESA) ban on meat imports from Argentina.
www.falkland-malvinas.com /Detalle.asp?NUM=1907   (3212 words)

  
 Mendoza, Argentina
Mendoza is a city (population 2001, 121,000 city itself; over 800,000 metropolitan area) and capital of the Mendoza Province in Argentina.
It is in the west of Argentina, on a major arterial road between Argentina and Chile.
The city center has many trees, watered by small canals which run alongside many of the roads providing welcome shade.
creekin.net /c1176-n7-mendoza-argentina.html   (478 words)

  
 Chubut on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
IMA Acquires New Property in Chubut Province, Argentina.
Desarrollo de las Unidades Morfológicas Costeras Durante el Holoceno en el Golfo San José, Chubut, Argentina.(TT: Development of the Coastal Morphological Units during the Holocene in the San Jose Golf,...
Inundaciones en Argentina (ARCHIVO) Mario Das Neves (D), gobernador de la provincia de Chubur, acompañado por otras autori.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/Chubut.asp   (407 words)

  
 Paleo_Museum Trelew   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I had the opportunity to visit the Museum of Paleontology in the town of Trelew, in Chubut Province of Argentina.
A town founded by Welsh immigrants in Patagonia not far from the atlantic coast.
The area surrounding Trelew redefines the word "flat" for me. A nearby bay by the town of Rawson has whales that attract a lot of visitors.
faculty.pnc.edu /rhengst/ISCHIWEB/TRELEW/INDEX.html   (337 words)

  
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 Antiquity, Project Gallery: Fernández et al
Archaeological research in Comarca Andina del Paralelo 42º (CA42, NW Chubut Province and SW Río Negro Province, NW Patagonia, Argentina) began in 1995 (Map).
Nueva información arqueológica del Noroeste de la Provincia de Chubut, Argentina.
Buenos Aires: Sociedad Argentina de Antropología and Asociación Amigos del INAPL.
antiquity.ac.uk /ProjGall/fernandez   (1024 words)

  
 Chubut
Chubut, river, c.500 mi (805 km) long, rising in the Andes of SW Argentina and flowing E across Chubut prov.
Patagonia - Patagonia, region, c.300,000 sq mi (777,000 sq km), primarily in S Argentina, S of the Río...
Argentina: Chubut and Santa Cruz buy power station.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0812158.html   (194 words)

  
 Rawson, Chubut, Argentina current local time
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