Colonia Suiza (''In English, Swiss Colony'')is a town in the municipality of

San Carlos de Bariloche San Carlos de Bariloche, usually known as Bariloche (), is a city in the province of Río Negro, Argentina, situated in the foothills of the Andes on the southern shores of Nahuel Huapi Lake. It is located within the Nahuel Huapi National Park. ...

, in the

Bariloche Department Bariloche is a department of Río Negro Province, Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making ...

, Río Negro,

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. It is located about 25 km from the city of

at the foot of Cerro López.

History

The first population arrived in

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, when Henriette Goye-Borgeat and Joseph Goye, along with four of their children emigrated to

from

Saxon The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic * * * * peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...

Canton of Valais Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the 26 cantons forming the Sw ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

Commercial activity

It has places to spend the night and restaurants that offer services to tourists who visit the region. The preparation of a meal called

curanto Curanto (from arn, kurantu 'stony') is a traditional Chilote method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a earth oven that is covered with pangue leaves and turf. The fundamental components are seafood, potatoes, along with other traditi ...

stands out, originating in the south of

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

and Argentina, in which the food is cooked in a hole dug in the ground, filled with hot stones. There is also exploitation of small crops of raspberries and fruits from cold climates.

Population

It has increased 150 in 2010 which represents an increase of 74% compared to the 86 of the previous census.

References

External links

ColoniaSuiza.com.ar

Tourism in Colonia Suiza

Colonia Suiza Historical Site
{{Authority control Populated places in Río Negro Province