Rawson, Chubut

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FieldValue
nameRawson
native_nameTrerawson
named_forGuillermo Rawson
settlement_typeCity
image_skylineCasa_de_Gobierno_del_Chubut.jpg
image_captionGovernment House of Chubut
image_flagBandera de la ciudad de Rawson.jpg
image_shieldRawson Argentina COA.svg
pushpin_mapArgentina
pushpin_map_captionLocation of Rawson in Argentina
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameArgentina
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Chubut
subdivision_type2Department
subdivision_name2Rawson
leader_partyRadical Civic Union
leader_titleIntendant
leader_nameDamián Biss
unit_prefMetric
elevation_m4
population_total24,616
population_as_of2010 census
population_density_km2auto
population_demonymRawsense
timezone1ART
utc_offset1−3
timezone1_DST
utc_offset1_DST
postal_code_typeCPA base
postal_codeU9103
area_code_type+54
area_code0280
blank_name_sec1Climate
blank_info_sec1BWk
websiteOfficial website
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| name = Rawson | native_name = Trerawson | named_for = Guillermo Rawson | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = Casa_de_Gobierno_del_Chubut.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Government House of Chubut | image_flag = Bandera de la ciudad de Rawson.jpg | image_shield = Rawson Argentina COA.svg | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Argentina | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Rawson in Argentina | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Argentina | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Chubut | subdivision_type2 = Department | subdivision_name2 = Rawson | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = Radical Civic Union | leader_title = Intendant | leader_name = Damián Biss | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 4 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 24,616 | population_as_of = 2010 census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = Rawsense | population_note = | timezone1 = ART | utc_offset1 = −3 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = CPA base | postal_code = U9103 | area_code_type = +54 | area_code = 0280 | blank_name_sec1 = Climate | blank_info_sec1 = BWk | website = Official website | footnotes = Rawson (; ) is the capital of the Argentine province of Chubut, in Patagonia. It has 24,616 inhabitants in 2010, and it is the chief town of the Rawson Department.

The city is named after Guillermo Rawson (1821–1890), Argentine Minister of the Interior, who supported the Welsh settlement in Argentina.

Rawson is located about 1360 km south of Buenos Aires, some 20 km from Trelew, and it is served by the Almirante Marco Andrés Zar Airport in Trelew. It lies on both sides of the Chubut River.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Puerto_Rawson.jpg" caption="Fishing trawlers in [[Puerto Rawson"] ::

The city has a fishing port, Puerto Rawson, on the Atlantic coast, 5 km down the river.

History

Rawson was the first town founded by the Welsh immigrants who sailed on the clipper Mimosa in 1865 to establish a national colony.

At the time of founding remains of a mud-walled fortress existed on the site. Settlers dwelled in the fortress various months while they explored the surroundings and built permanent houses. It has been posited that the fort was built in 1853 by non-Indigenous hunters who entered the area to hunt feral cattle. The fortress was known by various names by the settlers. One name was Yr Hen Amddiffynfa meaning "Old Fortress", another was Caer Antur meaning "Fort Adventure". Henry Libanus Jones had called it "Fuerte Paz" in his 1861 Explanatory notes on two maps of Patagonia.

Between 1885 and 1890 many Italians settled in Rawson. Initially many Italians worked as railway navvies but in time many moved to work in trade.

The first bridge over the Chubut in Rawson was built of wood in 1889 by the carpenter and Welsh-language poet Griffith Griffiths (1829–1909), who wrote under the bardic name Gutyn Ebrill and established the Patagonia Gorsedd of Bards. This bridge was destroyed by a flood ten years later, and was replaced by an iron bridge in 1917. In 2001 a decision was made to rename the iron bridge as Puente del Poeta (poet's bridge) in honor of Griffiths. A plaque was installed at the bridge with information on Griffiths.

Rawson was flooded in 1899 and 1901. While there had been floods before, these floods caused a partial depopulation of the town with many choosing to resettle in Trelew. Trelew was temporarily made capital of Chubut in 1903 as Rawson recovered from the floods. This fuelled a rivalry between the towns, which was further compounded by differences in their ethnic make-up as Rawson was more Catholic and had a higher proportion of Argentines, Italians and Spanish relative to Trelew. Rawson regained the capital status soon thereafter.

Climate

Rawson experiences a borderline cold desert (Köppen BWk)/cold semi-desert (BSk) climate with hot summers, cool winters and low precipitation year-round.

| width = | location = Trelew/Rawson (1991–2020, extremes 1901–present) | metric first = yes | single line = Yes | Jan record high C = 42.2 | Feb record high C = 41.0 | Mar record high C = 40.0 | Apr record high C = 35.3 | May record high C = 31.0 | Jun record high C = 27.7 | Jul record high C = 25.6 | Aug record high C = 27.4 | Sep record high C = 33.0 | Oct record high C = 36.4 | Nov record high C = 38.3 | Dec record high C = 41.2 | year record high C = 42.2 | Jan high C = 29.3 | Feb high C = 28.0 | Mar high C = 25.4 | Apr high C = 21.0 | May high C = 16.1 | Jun high C = 12.6 | Jul high C = 12.4 | Aug high C = 15.0 | Sep high C = 17.6 | Oct high C = 21.2 | Nov high C = 24.8 | Dec high C = 27.5 | year high C = 20.9 | Jan mean C = 21.6 | Feb mean C = 20.2 | Mar mean C = 17.9 | Apr mean C = 13.5 | May mean C = 9.5 | Jun mean C = 6.4 | Jul mean C = 5.9 | Aug mean C = 8.0 | Sep mean C = 10.4 | Oct mean C = 14.1 | Nov mean C = 17.4 | Dec mean C = 20.0 | year mean C = 13.7 | Jan low C = 13.7 | Feb low C = 12.6 | Mar low C = 10.8 | Apr low C = 7.0 | May low C = 3.6 | Jun low C = 1.0 | Jul low C = 0.3 | Aug low C = 1.9 | Sep low C = 3.7 | Oct low C = 6.6 | Nov low C = 9.6 | Dec low C = 12.0 | year low C = 6.9 | Jan record low C = 3.0 | Feb record low C = 1.5 | Mar record low C = -1.6 | Apr record low C = -4.9 | May record low C = -10.7 | Jun record low C = -12.3 | Jul record low C = -11.4 | Aug record low C = -10.6 | Sep record low C = -8.0 | Oct record low C = -5.0 | Nov record low C = -2.0 | Dec record low C = 0.5 | year record low C = -12.3 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 11.9 | Feb precipitation mm = 23.5 | Mar precipitation mm = 21.0 | Apr precipitation mm = 23.3 | May precipitation mm = 22.6 | Jun precipitation mm = 25.4 | Jul precipitation mm = 17.4 | Aug precipitation mm = 14.1 | Sep precipitation mm = 14.7 | Oct precipitation mm = 18.1 | Nov precipitation mm = 12.9 | Dec precipitation mm = 13.2 | year precipitation mm = 218.1 | Jan humidity = 42.1 | Feb humidity = 49.8 | Mar humidity = 52.9 | Apr humidity = 56.9 | May humidity = 65.0 | Jun humidity = 67.5 | Jul humidity = 66.3 | Aug humidity = 59.7 | Sep humidity = 56.0 | Oct humidity = 49.7 | Nov humidity = 44.4 | Dec humidity = 41.4 | year humidity = 54.3 | unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 3.9 | Feb precipitation days = 4.3 | Mar precipitation days = 5.2 | Apr precipitation days = 3.8 | May precipitation days = 6.6 | Jun precipitation days = 6.8 | Jul precipitation days = 5.6 | Aug precipitation days = 6.1 | Sep precipitation days = 5.9 | Oct precipitation days = 5.7 | Nov precipitation days = 4.6 | Dec precipitation days = 3.7 | year precipitation days = 62.1 | Jan snow days = 0.0 | Feb snow days = 0.0 | Mar snow days = 0.0 | Apr snow days = 0.0 | May snow days = 0.1 | Jun snow days = 0.2 | Jul snow days = 0.5 | Aug snow days = 0.2 | Sep snow days = 0.1 | Oct snow days = 0.0 | Nov snow days = 0.0 | Dec snow days = 0.0 | year snow days = 1.0 | Jan sun = 322.4 | Feb sun = 279.7 | Mar sun = 251.1 | Apr sun = 210.0 | May sun = 161.2 | Jun sun = 138.0 | Jul sun = 161.2 | Aug sun = 179.8 | Sep sun = 198.0 | Oct sun = 248.0 | Nov sun = 282.0 | Dec sun = 294.5 | year sun = 2725.9 | Jand sun = 10.4 | Febd sun = 9.9 | Mard sun = 8.1 | Aprd sun = 7.0 | Mayd sun = 5.2 | Jund sun = 4.6 | Juld sun = 5.2 | Augd sun = 5.8 | Sepd sun = 6.6 | Octd sun = 8.0 | Novd sun = 9.4 | Decd sun = 9.5 | yeard sun = 7.5 | Jan percentsun = 67.0 | Feb percentsun = 69.3 | Mar percentsun = 65.3 | Apr percentsun = 60.3 | May percentsun = 51.3 | Jun percentsun = 50.0 | Jul percentsun = 47.3 | Aug percentsun = 53.7 | Sep percentsun = 55.0 | Oct percentsun = 59.7 | Nov percentsun = 65.0 | Dec percentsun = 55.3 | year percentsun = 58.3 | source 1 = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional{{cite web | url = https://ssl.smn.gob.ar/dpd/observaciones/estadisticas_normales_9120.zip | title = Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1991-2020 | publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional | language = es | access-date = 1 May 2023 | archive-date = 3 March 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230303032103/https://ssl.smn.gob.ar/dpd/observaciones/estadisticas_normales_9120.zip | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230708235600/http://repositorio.smn.gob.ar/bitstream/handle/20.500.12160/2506/estad%C3%ADsticas_climatol%C3%B3gicas_normales_1991-2020.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y | archive-date = 8 July 2023 | url = http://repositorio.smn.gob.ar/handle/20.500.12160/2506 | title = Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales – período 1991–2020 | publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional | language = es | access-date = 8 July 2023 | year = 2023 | last1 = Nacional | first1 = Servicio Meteorológico | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230509192820/http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/bitstream/handle/10915/78367/Archivo_de_datos_climatol%C3%B3gicos.zip?sequence=1&isAllowed=y | archive-date = 9 May 2023 | url = http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/78367 | title = Estadística climatológica de la República Argentina Período 1991-2000 | publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional | doi = 10.35537/10915/78367 | language = es | access-date = 20 May 2023}} | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190304010102/https://www.smn.gob.ar/noticias/fin-de-febrero-lo-destacado-del-mes | archive-date = 4 March 2019 | url = https://www.smn.gob.ar/noticias/fin-de-febrero-lo-destacado-del-mes | title = Fin de febrero: lo destacado del mes | publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional | language = es | access-date = 3 March 2019}}{{cite web | url = https://www.smn.gob.ar/estadisticas | title = Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por Trelew Aero | work = Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo | publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional | language = es | accessdate = 1 May 2023 | archive-date = 4 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904022616/https://www2.smn.gob.ar/caracterizaci%C3%B3n-estad%C3%ADsticas-de-largo-plazo | url-status = dead | source 2 = Meteo Climat (record highs and lows) Secretaria de Mineria (percent sun 1941–1990, April, August and December record highs, and May record low only) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150119033007/http://www.mineria.gob.ar/estudios/irn/chubut/estacionesmeteorol%C3%B3gicas5.asp | archive-date = January 19, 2015 | url = http://www.mineria.gob.ar/estudios/irn/chubut/estacionesmeteorológicas5.asp | language = es | title = Provincia de Chubut - 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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Rawson_ejido.png" caption="Map of the town"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Chubut_-_Rawson.jpg" caption="Homeowner and his [[Merino]] sheep."] ::

Notable people

Twinned towns

References

;Attribution

References

  1. (24 March 2013). "The Mimosa". Clwyd Family History Society.
  2. Williams, David. "Henry Libanus Jones: Su verdadero origen y otros aspectos de su vida, y sobre el llamado fuerte de Rawson".
  3. (15 September 2016). "Una ciudad con identidad y acento propio (A city with its own identity and accent)". Diario Jornada.
  4. (8 July 2012). "Puentes (Bridges)". Diario Jornada.
  5. (September 2024). "Celtic and other Gorseddau".
  6. "Se bautizó el Puente del Poeta (The Poet's Bridge was baptized)". Diario Cronica.
  7. "Station Trelew". Meteo Climat.
  8. "Patagonian dignitaries to visit for twinning | News".

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