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Río Turbio
Río Turbio is a town and municipality in the Güer Aike Department of the Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz Province in southern Argentina. It was founded in late 1942, as a consequence of the coal mining in the area. Rio Turbio was home to the state-owned coal extraction company YCF. The mine is currently operated by Yacimientos Carboníferos Río Turbio. Río Turbio Airport is located near to 28 de Noviembre town, about 16 km southwest of Rio Turbio. Climate Under the Köppen climate classification, Río Turbio is classified as a subpolar oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfc) with cold winters. The climate is characterized by strong westerly winds, which are generated by the influence of the two semi-permanent high pressure systems in the South Atlantic and South Pacific. Mean monthly temperatures range from a low of in July to a high of in January. References Populated places in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina {{SantaCruzAR-geo-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yacimientos Carboníferos Río Turbio
Yacimientos Carboníferos Río Turbio (''Rio Turbio Coal Mines'', abbrevriated YCRT) is an Argentine coal mining company created in 1994 to replace Yacimientos Carboníferos Fiscales, along with the privatization of many other state-owned enterprises, the trademark of the national administration of the time. It was created to extract, ship and sell the coal from Rio Turbio and its coal basin. It is the only coal mine in all of Argentina and a geopolitical key are, since it is located in the south west extreme of the country, one of the furthest south settlements of the country. YCRT runs the Río Turbio coal mine, in the southern province of Santa Cruz, along the Andes border with Chile. It also has a rail line connecting to the Punta Loyola port, a 25 MW power station for internal use, and a 240 MW thermal power station (under construction) linked to the Argentinian Interconnection. It was a privately managed company between 1994 and 2002, when the government intervened it b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Argentina
Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three federated states called provinces ( es, provincias, singular ''provincia'') and one called the autonomous city (''ciudad autónoma'') of Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the republic ( es, Capital Federal, links=no) as decided by the National Congress of Argentina, Argentine Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, and exist under a federalism, federal system. History During the Argentine War of Independence, War of Independence the main cities and their surrounding countrysides became provinces though the intervention of their Cabildo (council), ''cabildos''. The Anarchy of the Year XX completed this process, shaping the original thirteen provinces. Jujuy Province, Jujuy seceded from Salta Province, Salta in 1834, and the thirteen provinces became fourteen. After seceding for a decade, Buenos Aires Province accepted the 1853 Constitution of Argentina in 1861, and its capital city was made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of Argentina
Departments ( es, departamentos) form the second level of administrative division (below the provinces), and are subdivided in municipalities. They are extended in all of Argentina except for the Province of Buenos Aires and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the national capital, each of which has different administrative arrangements (respectively ''partidos'' and ''comunas''). Except in La Rioja, Mendoza, and San Juan Provinces, departments have no executive authorities or assemblies of their own. However, they serve as territorial constituencies for the election of members of the legislative bodies of most provinces. For example, in Santa Fe Province, each department returns one senator to the provincial senate. In Tucumán Province, on the other hand, where legislators are elected by zone (Capital, East, West) the departments serve only as districts for the organization of certain civil agencies, such as the police or the health system. There are 377 departments in all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Güer Aike Department
Güer Aike Department is a department in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It has a population of 113,267 and an area of 33,841 km². The seat of the department is in Río Gallegos which also has the majority of the population with 97,742. Veintiocho de Noviembre has the next largest population with 6,145 inhabitants. The name means 'large camp' in the ''aonikenk'' (or 'tehuelche') language of southern Patagonia. Settlements * El Turbio * Julia Dufour * Mina 3 * Río Gallegos * Río Turbio * Rospentek * Veintiocho de Noviembre * Güer Aike * Camusu Aike References *Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos, INDEC The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses ( es, link=no, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos; INDEC) is an Argentine decentralized public body that operates within the Ministry of Economy, which exercises the direction of all of ... Departments of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina {{SantaCruzAR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Köppen Climate Classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notably in 1918 and 1936. Later, the climatologist Rudolf Geiger (1894–1981) introduced some changes to the classification system, which is thus sometimes called the Köppen–Geiger climate classification system. The Köppen climate classification divides climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on seasonal precipitation and temperature patterns. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (temperate), ''D'' (continental), and ''E'' (polar). Each group and subgroup is represented by a letter. All climates are assigned a main group (the first letter). All climates except for those in the ''E'' group are assigned a seasonal precipitation subgroup (the second letter). For example, ''Af'' indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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