San Fernando, Buenos Aires
San Fernando | |
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District | |
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  San Fernando Location in Greater Buenos Aires | |
| Coordinates: 34°26′25″S 58°33′28″W / 34.44028°S 58.55778°W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Buenos Aires |
| Partido |  San Fernando |
| Population | |
| • Total | 145,165 |
| CPA Base | B 1646 |
| Area code | +54 11 |
San Fernando is a city in the Gran Buenos Aires area, in Argentina, and capital of the San Fernando Partido, 20 km (12 mi) north of the city of Buenos Aires.
Geography
[edit]Located in the northern area of Gran Buenos Aires, San Fernando is composed of two clearly differentiated areas: a densely populated mainland section, with predominance of industrial, commercial and service areas; and a section of Islands of the Paraná Delta of 950 km2 (370 sq mi). It is the nautical capital of Argentina.
The city is bordered by San Isidro and Tigre. Its continental area is composed of the towns of Virreyes, San Fernando and Victoria. The rest of its jurisdiction comprises the second and third sections of the Paraná Delta Islands.
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for San Fernando, Buenos Aires (1991–2020, extremes 1995–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 41.2 (106.2) |
36.8 (98.2) |
34.7 (94.5) |
33.3 (91.9) |
30.6 (87.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
29.8 (85.6) |
35.0 (95.0) |
34.1 (93.4) |
36.3 (97.3) |
35.6 (96.1) |
39.4 (102.9) |
41.2 (106.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.5 (85.1) |
28.2 (82.8) |
26.2 (79.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
18.9 (66.0) |
16.2 (61.2) |
15.4 (59.7) |
17.7 (63.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
22.1 (71.8) |
25.4 (77.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.6 (76.3) |
23.5 (74.3) |
21.5 (70.7) |
17.8 (64.0) |
14.2 (57.6) |
11.2 (52.2) |
10.6 (51.1) |
12.5 (54.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
17.6 (63.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.3 (66.7) |
18.7 (65.7) |
16.7 (62.1) |
13.1 (55.6) |
9.8 (49.6) |
6.9 (44.4) |
6.2 (43.2) |
7.8 (46.0) |
9.6 (49.3) |
12.8 (55.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.5 (63.5) |
12.8 (55.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) |
7.5 (45.5) |
4.9 (40.8) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
3.3 (37.9) |
6.2 (43.2) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 114.4 (4.50) |
122.6 (4.83) |
119.2 (4.69) |
106.2 (4.18) |
81.3 (3.20) |
52.5 (2.07) |
68.6 (2.70) |
70.7 (2.78) |
78.6 (3.09) |
111.8 (4.40) |
113.7 (4.48) |
104.3 (4.11) |
1,143.9 (45.04) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.5 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 82.2 |
| Average snowy days | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 66.0 | 70.7 | 73.6 | 76.9 | 80.3 | 79.7 | 78.3 | 74.4 | 71.2 | 70.9 | 66.6 | 64.6 | 72.8 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[1][2] | |||||||||||||
Surface area
[edit]- Continental section: 23 km2 (8.9 sq mi)
- Delta section: 950 km2 (370 sq mi) (approx.)
Distances
[edit]- 28 km from the City of Buenos Aires.
- 95 km from the City of La Plata.
Population
[edit]- Total population: 151,131
- Urban population: 147,409
- Rural population (delta): 3,058
Population by localities
[edit]- San Fernando: 68,806
- Victoria: 40,461
- Virreyes: 38,142
- Delta: 3,058
Education
[edit]![[icon]](https://gamelow.netlify.app/host-https-wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (February 2015) |
Buenos Aires International Christian Academy, an English-only Christian International school in Argentina, is located in San Fernando.[3]
References
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- ^ "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales – período 1991–2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. 2023. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por San Fernando Aero". Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Directions." Buenos Aires International Christian Academy. Retrieved on February 9, 2015. "Av. del Libertador 2170, San Fernando (1646), Buenos Aires, Argentina."
External links
[edit]- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)
- (in Spanish) Municipal website
- (in Spanish) local news webpage[permanent dead link]
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