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| Coordinates:37°19′S59°08′W / 37.317°S 59.133°W /-37.317; -59.133 | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Province | Buenos Aires |
| Partido | Tandil |
| Founded | April 4, 1823 |
| Area | |
• Total | 52.34 km2 (20.21 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 188 m (617 ft) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
• Total | 116,916 |
| • Density | 2,234/km2 (5,785/sq mi) |
| CPA Base | B 7000 |
| Area code | +54 249 |
| Website | www |
Tandil is the main city of the homonymouspartido (department), located in Argentina, in the southeast ofBuenos Aires Province, just north-northwest ofTandilia hills. The city was founded in 1823, and its name originates from thePiedra Movediza ("Moving Stone") which fell in 1912. The city is the birthplace of many notable sports personalities, as well as former president of ArgentinaMauricio Macri.
Tandil is located 180 metres (590 ft) above sea level and its coordinates are37°19′08″S59°08′05″W / 37.31889°S 59.13472°W /-37.31889; -59.13472. The city bordersRauch andAzul (to the north),Ayacucho andBalcarce (to the east),Lobería,Necochea andBenito Juárez (to the south) and Azul and Benito Juárez (to the west).
Tandil is situated approximately midway betweenLa Plata (the provincial capital), 330 km (210 mi) to its NE, andBahía Blanca, lying the same distance to its SW; it is also 160 kilometres (99 mi) NW ofMar del Plata, and 360 kilometres (220 mi) SSW ofBuenos Aires. Tandil is in a zone within thePampas known as theHumid Pampas.
According to the 2010 census (INDEC), Tandil had a population of 116,916. The total area of the Tandil partido is 4,935 km2 (1,905 sq mi).
Tandil's climate is mild and humid (classified asCfb or anoceanic climate under theKöppen climate classification),[1] with an average temperature of 13.8 °C (56.8 °F) and 888.6 millimetres (34.98 in) of precipitation annually. Mornings are often cold in autumn, winter and spring, and generally fresh in the summer. Fog is very common in autumn and winter, when frosts are also common. Minimum temperatures below −5 °C (23 °F) have been recorded in the winter months. Rainfall occurs throughout the year but more frequently in summer.Snow is not very common.
Theclimatological data in the table below is from the period 1991–2020:
| Climate data for Tandil, Argentina (1991–2020, extremes 1961–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 40.7 (105.3) | 37.8 (100.0) | 37.2 (99.0) | 32.5 (90.5) | 28.0 (82.4) | 23.3 (73.9) | 25.4 (77.7) | 31.2 (88.2) | 30.0 (86.0) | 33.6 (92.5) | 35.4 (95.7) | 39.9 (103.8) | 40.7 (105.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.4 (83.1) | 26.9 (80.4) | 24.5 (76.1) | 20.5 (68.9) | 16.5 (61.7) | 13.3 (55.9) | 12.5 (54.5) | 15.0 (59.0) | 16.9 (62.4) | 19.9 (67.8) | 23.4 (74.1) | 27.0 (80.6) | 20.4 (68.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.8 (69.4) | 19.6 (67.3) | 17.4 (63.3) | 13.5 (56.3) | 10.2 (50.4) | 7.2 (45.0) | 6.2 (43.2) | 8.2 (46.8) | 10.2 (50.4) | 13.3 (55.9) | 16.4 (61.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 13.5 (56.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.3 (55.9) | 12.7 (54.9) | 11.0 (51.8) | 7.4 (45.3) | 4.8 (40.6) | 2.0 (35.6) | 1.1 (34.0) | 2.4 (36.3) | 3.9 (39.0) | 6.8 (44.2) | 9.3 (48.7) | 11.6 (52.9) | 7.2 (45.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) | 0.8 (33.4) | 0.0 (32.0) | −4.6 (23.7) | −5.8 (21.6) | −11.0 (12.2) | −11.6 (11.1) | −8.5 (16.7) | −7.1 (19.2) | −4.8 (23.4) | −4.0 (24.8) | −0.3 (31.5) | −11.6 (11.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 108.8 (4.28) | 98.5 (3.88) | 91.6 (3.61) | 93.5 (3.68) | 56.0 (2.20) | 48.6 (1.91) | 41.1 (1.62) | 57.5 (2.26) | 58.7 (2.31) | 85.9 (3.38) | 98.4 (3.87) | 74.0 (2.91) | 912.6 (35.93) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.9 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 7.2 | 84.6 |
| Average snowy days | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 67.0 | 72.8 | 76.9 | 78.3 | 81.6 | 80.5 | 80.2 | 75.9 | 74.4 | 73.8 | 69.7 | 64.6 | 74.6 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 254.2 | 240.1 | 220.1 | 186.0 | 142.6 | 114.0 | 127.1 | 164.3 | 159.0 | 213.9 | 231.0 | 232.5 | 2,284.8 |
| Mean dailysunshine hours | 8.2 | 8.5 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 6.3 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 59.1 | 63.7 | 58.4 | 49.1 | 46.2 | 37.2 | 42.4 | 52.2 | 46.7 | 53.7 | 53.6 | 49.9 | 51.0 |
| Source:Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (percent sun 1991–2000)[2][3][4][5] | |||||||||||||
It is widely believed that the name of the city comes from theMapuche wordstan ("falling"), andlil ("rock"). It is probably a reference to thePiedra Movediza ("Moving Stone"), a largeboulder which stood seemingly miraculously balanced on the edge of a rocky foothill.[6] In order to demonstrate the slight movements of the boulder, it was common practice to place bottles under its base to watch them shatter.[7] The "Moving Stone" toppled on February 29, 1912, and split into two pieces at the bottom of the hill.
In May 2007, a fix replica was set up in the same place where the original stood. The replica, made by engineering students, is actually cemented in place and does not teeter the way the original did.[7]
The town was founded byMartín Rodríguez on April 4, 1823, namedFuerte Independencia (Fort Independence). In time the original natives became assimilated and mingled with the increasing European population.[citation needed] The vast majority of immigrants came from Spain and Italy, but alsoDanish people settled mainly guided by theDanish College of Missions, the latter constituting a very active community. Tandil was designated a city (although by modern standards it was a large town) in 1895 and became a popular tourist destination attracting people fromBuenos Aires and other parts of Argentina.
ThePiedra Movediza fell in 1912 and split in two below. Although it is impossible after the fact to ascertain the reason it fell, it is very possible that the delicately balanced rock was thrown off balance by the common practice of placing glass bottles under it and watching them explode. This was the way the locals would prove to visitors that the rock, in fact, moved, since the movement was too subtle to be detected by the naked eye. There have been projects to restore the rock, and a replica stone was placed where the original used to be. Other similar stones likeEl Centinela are also attractions, but none has the truly astonishing quality of teetering ever so slowly like the "moving rock" once did.
The National University of Central Buenos Aires Province (Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia Buenos Aires) is a public university located in Tandil. It was founded in 1974 as part ofUniversity of Buenos Aires ProfessorAlberto Taquini's plan to geographically diversify Argentina's National University system.
Established with the unification of a private school and a campus of theNational University of the South, with more than 11,000 students, the university includes 10 schools offering 21 undergraduate, 58 graduate, and 19 post-graduate degrees. It maintains secondary campuses inAzul andOlavarría.
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