Tolhuin
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  Tolhuin Location of Tolhuin in Argentina | |
| Coordinates: 54°30.37′S 67°11.43′W / 54.50617°S 67.19050°W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Tierra del Fuego |
| Department | Tolhuin |
| Area | |
• Total | 54 km2 (21 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 9,879 |
| • Density | 183/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
| CPA base | V9412 |
| Dialing code | +54 2901 |
| Climate | ET |
Tolhuin is a town in the province of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. It has 9,879 inhabitants as per the 2022 census.[1] It is located on the eastern shore of Lake Fagnano, in the southern part of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. It is the third largest settlement on the Argentine side of Tierra del Fuego after Ushuaia and Río Grande.
Tolhuin was founded on October 9, 1972. The word means "like a heart" in Selk'nam language.[2] It lies on National Route 3, and is the only town between the cities of Ushuaia (about 103 kilometres to the south) and Río Grande (about 133 kilometres to the north) on this motorway.
Attractions
[edit]There is a bakery called Panadería La Unión located near the town that has become famous in the region. Most buses going to Ushuaia stop here so their passengers can have a coffee, and eat baked goods. The bakery's walls are lined with autographed photographs of Argentine celebrities who have visited the town over the decades.[3]
Top Gear incident
[edit]In 2014, Tolhuin was the site of an attack on the film crew of the BBC TV program Top Gear. The crew was confronted by what the presenters called "a mob", who blocked off the road access and began to pelt their cars with stones in a protest over the license plate (H982 FKL) on programme presenter Jeremy Clarkson's Porsche 928 that politicians and army veterans suggested could be seen to refer to the Falklands War.[4] Following the attack, the crew abandoned the damaged vehicles at a police checkpoint and left the country.[5]
Climate
[edit]Tolhuin has a tundra climate (ET) that borders closely on a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc) and subantarctic continental climate (Dfc).
| Climate data for Tolhuin (1991–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 24.8 (76.6) |
26.6 (79.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
13.0 (55.4) |
9.8 (49.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
11.8 (53.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
17.8 (64.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.4 (74.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.1 (57.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
12.0 (53.6) |
8.9 (48.0) |
5.4 (41.7) |
2.7 (36.9) |
2.5 (36.5) |
4.3 (39.7) |
6.9 (44.4) |
9.9 (49.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
13.2 (55.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
7.1 (44.8) |
4.6 (40.3) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
0.7 (33.3) |
2.8 (37.0) |
5.1 (41.2) |
6.9 (44.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
4.5 (40.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.7 (40.5) |
4.0 (39.2) |
2.3 (36.1) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
0.3 (32.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
3.6 (38.5) |
0.1 (32.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−12.7 (9.1) |
−23.0 (−9.4) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 64.4 (2.54) |
46.4 (1.83) |
54.1 (2.13) |
51.7 (2.04) |
52.0 (2.05) |
49.8 (1.96) |
41.6 (1.64) |
41.4 (1.63) |
38.1 (1.50) |
35.8 (1.41) |
40.7 (1.60) |
59.8 (2.35) |
575.8 (22.67) |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[6] | |||||||||||||
References
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- ^ "Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas 2022. Resultados provisionales" (PDF). Censo 2022. República Argentina (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC). January 2023. p. 32. ISBN 978-950-896-633-9. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- ^ "Historia de Tolhuin – Tierra del Fuego" [Tolhuin's history – Tierra del Fuego]. visitingargentina.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 July 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ Rich, David. "The Ends of the Earth: Take a Trip to Tierra del Fuego". transitionsabroad.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020.
- ^ Turner, Camilla; Sawer, Patrick (3 October 2014). "Jeremy Clarkson 'stoned' as Top Gear crew abandon cars and flee Argentina". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ Tufft, Ben. "Jeremy Clarkson: Footage of Top Gear team under attack is real, insists presenter". The Independent. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ "Climatología general argentina" [Argentine general climatology]. gustfront.com.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)
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