Villa Ángela is a city in the

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of Chaco, Argentina, 186 km west of the provincial capital Resistencia. It is on the

Gran Chaco The Gran Chaco or simply Chaco is a sparsely populated, hot and semiarid lowland tropical dry broadleaf forest natural region of the Río de la Plata basin, divided among eastern Bolivia, western Paraguay, northern Argentina, and a portion o ...

, a lowland region of the

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basin. It has 43,511 inhabitants as per the , making it the third largest in the province.

History

In 1908, Carlos Gruneisen y Julio Ulises Martin (Swiss, born 31 July 1862, creator of the ''Yerbatera Martin'', in

Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city, located northwest of Buenos Aires on the west bank of the Paraná River, is the third-most populous city in the ...

), acquired the land that would become the jurisdiction of Villa Angela. He had the

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factory, ''La Chaqueña S.A.'', built and the adjacent areas immediately began to be settled. ''Punta de rieles'' and ''km 95'' were the names it first received when it was no more than a

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. In 1910, as a tribute to the centennial of the

May Revolution The May Revolution () was a week-long series of events that took place from 18 to 25 May 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. This Spanish colony included roughly the territories of present-day Argentina, ...

and 24 May, they decided to found a village and give it the name Villa Ángela. It was named after ''Ángela Joostens'', the wife of Julio Ulises Martin, one of its two founders. The city boasts one of the major Carnavals of the country. This popular festival extends from mid-January to mid-February since 1950.

Weather

The city's weather is

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, dry in winter and very wet and hot in the summer. *Record high: 46 °C *Record low: -6 °C *Average annual precipitation: 1,100 mm

External links

Official city website in SpanishLocal development office website in Spanish

References

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Villa Ángela en la Red
— Portal of the city. {{DEFAULTSORT:Villa Angela Populated places in Chaco Province 1910 establishments in Argentina Cities in Argentina