Tres Arroyos is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative seat of

Tres Arroyos Partido The partido of Tres Arroyos is a subdivision of the Province of Buenos Aires in Argentina. On the Atlantic coast of the province, it was created in 1882 by the provincial government when they divided the territory of Tres Arroyos into the partido ...

. The city has a sizable population of Danish and Dutch descent. Tres Arroyos is served by Tres Arroyos Airport.

Climate

Tres Arroyos has an oceanic climate (

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, nota ...

Cfb) bordering on humid subtropical. Summers are warm while winters are chilly with snowfall happening sometimes. Rain is rather evenly distributed, with winter being a bit drier. Sunshine is moderate, with summer being sunnier, and averages to about 200 hours a month and 2374 hours a year.

Archaeological site

Roughly 5 km from the city of Tres Arroyos lies the "Arroyo Seco" archaeological site, which is considered to be one of the oldest yet found in Argentina. Over 40 skeletons, presumably in burial positions, were found at the site, dated to estimated age of 9000 years B.P. The site includes tools, hunting implements and fossils of extinct mammals. Much of the extensive materials are on display at the José A. Mulazzi Municipal Museum, which includes reconstructions of how the people of the time lived..

Sport

The city is home to

Huracán de Tres Arroyos Club Atlético Huracán (usually Huracán de Tres Arroyos) is an Argentine football club based in the city of Tres Arroyos, in Buenos Aires Province. The club is the biggest of Tres Arroyos City, and one of the largest in Southern Buenos Aire ...

, a football team playing in the regional leagues, but who played in the

Argentine Primera Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish ( masculine) or ( feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, ...

as recently as

2004-05 A coxless four is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars, without a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oar. There are two rowers on t ...

References

External links

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Municipal website

''Diario La Voz Del Pueblo''
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province Populated places established in 1884 Cities in Argentina {{BuenosAiresAR-geo-stub