Everything about Choele Choel totally explained
Choele Choel is the capital of the
department of
Avellaneda in the
Argentine province of
Río Negro, and the most important settlement within the Valle Medio ("Middle Valley") agricultural area of the
Río Negro River in
Patagonia
Information
Choele Choel, with a population of 9.791, is located at the intersection of the National Routes #22 and #250, around 1000 kilometres from
Buenos Aires, 180 from
General Roca, 193 from the
Las Grutas beach resort, and 460 from
Puerto Madryn.
Its long distance bus terminal is a common stop for buses going to both sea-side Patagonia (Puerto Madryn,
Río Gallegos,
Ushuaia) and
North-Andean Patagonia (
Bariloche,
El Bolsón).
During the 1990s, the airport used to serve regular flights to
Buenos Aires, but currently serves only infrequent private charters.
History
Under the name
Nicolás Avellaneda, it was founded on July 9, 1879 by General Conrado Villegas. After a flooding, the inhabitants moved to a place known as
Pampa de los Molinos. They would stay there until Match 18, 1882, when the settlement was moved to its current location.
The town acquired special importance during the
Conquest of the Desert, when the border between the white man and the Native Americans was pushed south the shore of the
Río Negro River.
In 1883, a post office was installed in the town.
Salesians arrived in 1890. The Provincial School #10 was created in 1904, and in 1917 the Library. Besides the immigration flows common to most Argentina, to Choele Choel arrived refugees from
Laos in the 1970s, as well as
Russian Orthodox.
Irish descendant writer
Rodolfo Walsh was born in the town in 1927.
The Name
There are several version regarding the meaning of
Choele Choel.
It might be from the
Araucan language, translated as "Yellow flower race", or the
Tehuelche "Small river rolling-stones". Another version translate it as "Bark scarecrows".
Further Information
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