Puerto Tirol

Puerto Tirol
Puerto Tirol
Town
Puerto Tirol is located in Argentina
Puerto Tirol
Puerto Tirol
Location in Argentina
Coordinates: 27°22′S 59°04′W / 27.367°S 59.067°W / -27.367; -59.067
Country Argentina
Province Chaco
DepartmentLibertad
2nd level MunicipalityPuerto Tirol
FoundedAugust 6, 1888
Elevation
38 m (125 ft)
Population
 (2001 census [INDEC])
 • Total
9,763
Time zoneUTC−3 (ART)
CPA Base
H 3505
Area code+54 3722
ClimateCfa

Puerto Tirol is a town in Chaco Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Libertad Department.

The town was founded on August 6, 1888. The name refers to the origin of the initial settlers, who came from the Southern part of the Austro-Hungarian County of Tyrol (in German "Tirol"), an alpine region in Central Europe, today comprising Tyrol, Austria and South Tyrol, Italy.

There is another Tyrolian town in South America, about 900 km to the East, Treze Tilias, in Santa Catarina, Brazil (founded in 1933).

Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)

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