Villa Ángela
Encyclopedia
Villa Ángela is a city in the province
of Chaco
, Argentina
, 186 km west of the provincial capital Resistencia
. It is on the Gran Chaco
, a lowland region of the Río de la Plata
basin. It has 43,511 inhabitants as per the , making it the third largest in the province.
), acquired the land that would become the jurisdiction of Villa Angela. He had the tannin
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 hamlet
. In 1910, as a tribute to the centennial of the May Revolution
and the 24th of 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 Carnaval
s of the country. This popular festival extends from mid-January to mid-February since 1950.
Provinces of Argentina
Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city...
of Chaco
Chaco Province
Chaco is an Argentine province located in the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. Its capital is Resistencia on the Paraná River opposite the city of Corrientes...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, 186 km west of the provincial capital Resistencia
Resistencia, Chaco
Resistencia is the capital and largest city in the province of Chaco, in northeastern Argentina. At the 2001 census, the population of the Resistencia city proper was 274,490 inhabitants. It is the anchor of a slightly larger metropolitan area, Greater Resistencia, which comprises three more...
. It is on the Gran Chaco
Gran Chaco
The Gran Chaco is a sparsely populated, hot and semi-arid lowland region of the Río de la Plata basin, divided among eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and a portion of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, where it is connected with the Pantanal region...
, a lowland region of the Río de la Plata
Río de la Plata
The Río de la Plata —sometimes rendered River Plate in British English and the Commonwealth, and occasionally rendered [La] Plata River in other English-speaking countries—is the river and estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River on the border between Argentina and...
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, b. 31 de julio 1862, creator of the Yerbatera Martin, in RosarioRosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....
), acquired the land that would become the jurisdiction of Villa Angela. He had the tannin
Tannin
A tannin is an astringent, bitter plant polyphenolic compound that binds to and precipitates proteins and various other organic compounds including amino acids and alkaloids.The term tannin refers to the use of...
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 hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
. In 1910, as a tribute to the centennial of the May Revolution
May Revolution
The May Revolution was a week-long series of events that took place from May 18 to 25, 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, a Spanish colony that included roughly the territories of present-day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay...
and the 24th of 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 Carnaval
Carnival
Carnaval is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. Carnaval typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party...
s of the country. This popular festival extends from mid-January to mid-February since 1950.
Weather
The city's weather is subtropical, 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