Town in Santa Cruz, Argentina
Los Antiguos is a town in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, located on the south shore of Lago Buenos Aires. It lies 2 km from the border with Chile, and 8 km from the Chilean town of Chile Chico. It is connected to Perito Moreno and Caleta Olivia on the Atlantic coast by a paved road.
The town is an agricultural oasis, where small farms produce fruit crops. It was founded as the Leandro Alem Agricultural Colony in 1921, and was formally designated as a municipality in 1970. The area was covered by dust from the 1991 eruption of Mount Hudson, but it has since recovered.
The name of Los Antiguos is a translation of the Tehuelche name, I-Keu-khon, meaning "Place of the Elders."
In the 2010 census the town had a population of 3,363.[1]
Geography
Climate
Los Antiguos has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk) with warm, sunny summers and cold, snowy winters.
| Climate data for Los Antiguos (2000–2015)
|
| Month
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Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
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Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Record high °C (°F)
|
33.4
(92.1)
|
32.1
(89.8)
|
28.9
(84.0)
|
24.6
(76.3)
|
22.2
(72.0)
|
19.4
(66.9)
|
17.8
(64.0)
|
19.6
(67.3)
|
22.5
(72.5)
|
26.0
(78.8)
|
29.0
(84.2)
|
30.6
(87.1)
|
33.4
(92.1)
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
21.9
(71.4)
|
21.7
(71.1)
|
18.7
(65.7)
|
15.7
(60.3)
|
11.7
(53.1)
|
8.9
(48.0)
|
8.3
(46.9)
|
10.0
(50.0)
|
13.2
(55.8)
|
16.2
(61.2)
|
18.3
(64.9)
|
20.6
(69.1)
|
15.4
(59.7)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
15.9
(60.6)
|
15.3
(59.5)
|
12.6
(54.7)
|
9.8
(49.6)
|
6.5
(43.7)
|
4.5
(40.1)
|
3.4
(38.1)
|
4.7
(40.5)
|
7.4
(45.3)
|
10.0
(50.0)
|
12.2
(54.0)
|
14.6
(58.3)
|
9.7
(49.5)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
9.7
(49.5)
|
8.8
(47.8)
|
6.5
(43.7)
|
3.9
(39.0)
|
1.6
(34.9)
|
0.0
(32.0)
|
−1.1
(30.0)
|
−0.3
(31.5)
|
1.7
(35.1)
|
3.6
(38.5)
|
5.9
(42.6)
|
8.3
(46.9)
|
4.0
(39.2)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
−0.5
(31.1)
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−1.9
(28.6)
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−2.4
(27.7)
|
−4.0
(24.8)
|
−8.5
(16.7)
|
−10.8
(12.6)
|
−11.6
(11.1)
|
−7.7
(18.1)
|
−6.0
(21.2)
|
−4.2
(24.4)
|
−3.4
(25.9)
|
−2.1
(28.2)
|
−11.6
(11.1)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
6.4
(0.25)
|
10.8
(0.43)
|
10.5
(0.41)
|
14.6
(0.57)
|
31.2
(1.23)
|
32.8
(1.29)
|
24.6
(0.97)
|
27.4
(1.08)
|
13.4
(0.53)
|
10.8
(0.43)
|
7.9
(0.31)
|
6.5
(0.26)
|
196.9
(7.76)
|
| Average relative humidity (%)
|
48.6
|
52.7
|
56.1
|
59.6
|
63.3
|
62.5
|
63.3
|
61.3
|
54.7
|
50.4
|
48.2
|
47.9
|
55.7
|
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria[2]
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