Castelar
Castelar is a city in Morón Partido (county), Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, some 30 km west of the nation's capital, the autonomous city of Buenos Aires. It is part of the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area.
Castelar | |
|---|---|
City | |
  Castelar Location in Greater Buenos Aires | |
| Coordinates: 34°40′S 58°40′W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Buenos Aires |
| Partido | Morón |
| Declared city | 1971 |
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 104,019 |
| CPA Base | B 1712 |
| Area code | +54 11 |
Castelar is the westernmost city of the Morón Partido, and borders on Ituzaingó Partido.
It is the second most populated city in Morón, and it's located in the western side of it.
Climate
| Climate data for Castelar (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 38.0 (100.4) |
38.1 (100.6) |
38.3 (100.9) |
33.0 (91.4) |
29.7 (85.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
31.1 (88.0) |
34.0 (93.2) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.6 (90.7) |
35.2 (95.4) |
40.0 (104.0) |
40.0 (104.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 29.8 (85.6) |
28.3 (82.9) |
26.4 (79.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
15.6 (60.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.1 (77.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
22.3 (72.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.0 (75.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
20.7 (69.3) |
16.7 (62.1) |
13.2 (55.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
9.9 (49.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
16.8 (62.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 18.3 (64.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
11.8 (53.2) |
8.5 (47.3) |
6.1 (43.0) |
5.4 (41.7) |
6.8 (44.2) |
8.5 (47.3) |
11.3 (52.3) |
14.0 (57.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
11.7 (53.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
6.0 (42.8) |
3.3 (37.9) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
1.5 (34.7) |
3.6 (38.5) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 111.6 (4.39) |
111.5 (4.39) |
119.0 (4.69) |
97.7 (3.85) |
79.7 (3.14) |
44.7 (1.76) |
47.6 (1.87) |
52.9 (2.08) |
58.4 (2.30) |
116.9 (4.60) |
102.6 (4.04) |
100.7 (3.96) |
1,043.2 (41.07) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.7 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 73.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 65.1 | 71.0 | 75.2 | 78.8 | 80.3 | 79.9 | 78.2 | 73.7 | 70.9 | 71.6 | 69.0 | 66.4 | 73.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 295.1 | 242.9 | 229.0 | 189.5 | 168.2 | 139.3 | 150.0 | 175.9 | 195.4 | 227.7 | 257.7 | 278.9 | 2,585.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 70 | 71 | 66 | 64 | 59 | 46 | 48 | 55 | 58 | 57 | 64 | 65 | 60 |
| Source 1: World Meteorological Organization[1] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Oficina de Riesgo Agropecuario (record highs and lows),[2] UNLP (percent sun)[3] | |||||||||||||
Economy
The Sero electric factory is located in Castelar.
History
The first owner of the land now known as Castelar was Mateo Sanchez, who received a squared portion of land laid upon Moron Creek ―the zone previously known as Cañada de Ruiz― according to the orders of the governor Juan Ramirez de Velasco. Surprisingly, the limits of that land were almost double the size of the current city. In 1610 the land suffered its first change of owner, since Mateo Sanchez had sold it to captain Francisco Romero from Santa Cruz. The lote continued to be in the hands of Romero's descendents until 1673, the year that Sebastian de Gilles adquired it, which led to a slow fragmenting of the land.
Notable residents
- Daniel Guerrero - television and film actor, radio announcer and television show host
- Brian Smith - racing driver
See also
References
- "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1981–2010". World Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- "Castelar, Buenos Aires". Estadísticas meteorológicas decadiales (in Spanish). Oficina de Riesgo Agropecuario. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- "Datos bioclimáticos de 173 localidades argentinas". Atlas Bioclimáticos (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
External links
- (in Spanish) Castelar railway station on Google Maps
- (in Spanish) Castelar Digital
- (in Spanish) Historia y actualidad de Moron, Argentina
