Bernasconi, Argentina

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Bernasconi
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Bernasconi
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Bernasconi
Coordinates: 37°54′00″S63°43′00″W / 37.90000°S 63.71667°W / -37.90000; -63.71667
CountryFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Province Bandera de la Provincia de La Pampa.svg  La Pampa
Department Hucal
EstablishedMarch 16, 1888
Elevation
162 m (531 ft)
Population
 (2001 Census) [1]
  Total1,781
Time zone UTC−3 (ART)
CPA Base
L 3023
Area code +54 2925
Climate Dfc

Bernasconi is a village and the capital of the Hucal Department of La Pampa Province, Argentina. [2]

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Name

In 1878, the Argentine state divided the lands in the "desert", granting the territory in question to Don Ernesto Tornquist, who subsequently sold his lands to Alfonso Bernasconi in 1884. In 1888, Bernasconi, seeing that several families had by then settled on his lands, decided to found a settlement, to which he gave his own name.

Local festivals

Fiesta del Piquillín

This is the traditional festival of the locality and dates back to the 1980s. It takes places in March, marking the anniversary of the village's founding, [3] and is organised by the Commission of Culture attached to the municipal authorities. It promotes local crafts and features performances by folk singers of local and national prominence.

Fiesta de los Alemanes

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References

  1. "Bernasconi" . Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. "URIBURU". 2014-04-14. Archived from the original on 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
  3. "Bernasconi - Provincia de La Pampa - Argentina -". 2009-05-25. Archived from the original on 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2019-02-26.