Tolhuin

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Tolhuin
Location of Tolhuin in Argentina
Coordinates: 54°30.37′S67°11.43′W / 54.50617°S 67.19050°W / -54.50617; -67.19050
Country Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Province Bandera de la Provincia de Tierra del Fuego.svg  Tierra del Fuego
Department Tolhuin
Area
 • Total
54 km2 (21 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
9,879
 • Density183/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.

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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

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

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

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)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
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]

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