Carhué is an
Argentine town in the
Province of Buenos Aires
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, head of the Municipality (Partido) of
Adolfo Alsina
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. Carhué is to the west of the city of
La Plata and from
Buenos Aires
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. The city is a
tourist
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destination famous for the thermal waters of
Laguna Epecuén, located from the city.
Carhué was founded in 1877 and declared a city in 1949.
Translation of Carhué
In the
Mapuche language
Mapuche (, Mapuche & Spanish: , or Mapudungun; from ' 'land' and ' 'speak, speech') is an Araucanian language related to Huilliche spoken in south-central Chile and west-central Argentina by the Mapuche people (from ''mapu'' 'land' and ''che ...
, Carhué means "Green Land" (CAR: from Green, and HUÉ: Land or Place).
Villa Epecuén
Located several kilometres to the north of the town is
Villa Epecuén, a former resort town that developed in the 1920s. The town was submerged by the lake in 1985, but the waters began to recede in 2009 and the town's ruins became visible. The area is accessible by road from Carhué.
Notable people
*
Amilcar Adrián Balercia (born 1967), Argentine former footballer
References
External links
Adolfo Alsina
Thermal Spas of Carhué
Broadcast 102.1 mz fm
The tourist Villa Epecuén
The Ruins of Villa Epecuen
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
Populated places established in 1877
Adolfo Alsina Partido
1877 establishments in Argentina
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