Coronel Pringles

Coronel Pringles
Coronel Pringles Location in Argentina
Coronel Pringles Location in Buenos Aires Province
Coordinates: 37°58′S 61°01′W / 37.967°S 61.017°W / -37.967; -61.017Coordinates: 37°58′S 61°01′W / 37.967°S 61.017°W / -37.967; -61.017
Country	Argentina
Province	Buenos Aires
Partido	Coronel Pringles
Founded	September 24, 1882
Elevation	297 m (974 ft)
Population (2001 census [INDEC])
- Total	23,794
CPA Base	B 7530
Area code(s)	+54 2922

Coronel Pringles is a town in the south of the Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It is the head town of the Coronel Pringles Partido.

The partido of Coronel Pringles was created in 1882 by the government of the Province of Buenos Aires who divided the territory of Tres Arroyos into the partidos of Coronel Suárez, Tres Arroyos and Coronel Pringles. The latter, and its main town, were named after Coronel Juan Pascual Pringles, a member of grenadiers regiment of General San Martín's army that fought in the wars of independence against the Spanish. Located a distance of 120 km from Bahía Blanca and 518 km from Buenos Aires, Pringles today has a population of around 23.794 inhabitants (2001) and its main economic activities are related to agriculture and sheep and cattle raising. It is sometimes referred to as the "Capital de los Lanares", which in English means the "Wool Capital", in recognition of the importance of sheep farming in the surrounding area.

History

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• 1882: The partido of Coronel Pringles was created on 10 July and the town on 24 September.
• 1890: The first major, Felipe S. Medina, was elected.
• 1900: The church of Santa Rosa de Lima was inaugurated by the Bishop of La Plata, Monsenor Mariano Espinosa, on 14 January. The town was linked by telegraph to the rest of the province.
• 1903: Opening, on 15 July, of the broad gauge railway line through Coronel Pringles, linking Olavarría and Bahía Blanca, and built by the British-owned company Gran Ferrocarril Sur. This company was later to become part of Ferrocarril General Roca after the railways were nationalised in 1948.
• 1905: A branch of the Nacional Bank of Argentina (Banco de la Nación Argentina) was opened.
• 1908: Building of the 600 seat Spanish Theatre (Teatro Espanol) was completed.
• 1910: On 1 January the Coronel Suárez to Puerto Belgrano section of the broad gauge railway line through Pringles, built by the French-owned company Ferrocarril Rosario y Puerto Belgrano was opened. The section linking Pringles to Rosario was opened later that year on 15 December. This railway company was later to become part of Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre after the railways were nationalised in 1948.
• 1912: The children's home (Hogar del Niño) was opened.
• 1914: The poetess Almafuerte visited Pringles and gave a lecture in the Spanish Theatre (Teatro Espanol).
• 1915: The newspaper El Orden was founded in October.
• 1916: The Club Leando N. Alem was founded.
• 1919: A branch of the Provincial Bank of Buenos Aires (Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires) was opened.
• 1928: The Pringles Bank (Banco de Pringles) was founded.
• 1930: Television transmissions first received.
• 1932: Pringles Public Library (Biblioteca Popular Pringles ) was opened.
• 1933: The famous tango singer, Carlos Gardel, gave a concert at the Spanish Theatre (Teatro Espanol) on 18 May, accompanied by his guitarists Horacio Pottorossi, Guillermo Barbieri, Domingo Riverol and Julio Vivas. Barbieri and Riverol died along with Gardel in a plane crash two years later.
• 1934: Coronel Pringles declared a city.
• 1938: Building of the Town Hall (Palacio Municipal), Municipal Slaughterhouse (El Matadero Municipal), the Main Square (La Plaza ) and The Avenue (Las Ramblas) were completed under the direction of the architect Francisco Salamone.
• 1938: The Rural Society (La Sociedad Rural) was founded.
• 1941: The Flying Club (Aeroclub) and the Electricity Cooperative (La Cooperativa Electrica) were founded. A local branch of the Rotary Club was founded under the presidency of Julían Castro Olivera
• 1944: The Old Peoples Home (El Hogar de Ancianos) was opened.
• 1948: El Fogon de los Gauchos founded.
• 1950: The Voluntary Fire Service (El cuerpo de Bomberos Voluntarios) was created.
• 1956: El Club de Pesca Social y Deporte was founded.
• 1965: The Lions Club (Club de Leones) was founded under the presidency of Augusto Mariani
• 1966: Alliance française was set up.
• 1968: A local branch office of the newspaper La Nueva Provincia opened.
  
• 1981: The City Cultural Museum (La Casa de Cultura y Museo de la Ciudad) opened.
  
• 1982: An acacia tree was planted by the writer Jorge Luis Borges in the Garden of Historic Trees (Patio de los Árboles Historicos) on 12 September.

Mayors (Intendentes) of Coronel Pringles

• 1890 Felipe S. Medina,
• 1893 Miguel Collins,
• 1894 Julio Dupont,
• 1894 Jorge A. Stegmann,
• 1895 Julio Dupont,
• 1897 Felipe Medina,
• 1899 Juan P. Cabrera,
• 1900 Pedro Arrascaete,
• 1906 Pedro Arrascaete,
• 1911 Eugenio E. Clayrian,
• 1916 Alfredo Riat,
• 1917 Victor Aguilar,
• 1918 Casimo Peralta,
• 1919 Enrique G. Geddes,
• 1922 Julian Miganne,
• 1924 Luis L. Etchecopar,
• 1926 Francisco Estevarena,
• 1928 Manuel B. Cabrera,
• 1928 Cecilio Leoz,
• 1930 Pablo Ibarrondo,
• 1932 Santiago Bertolotto,
• 1938 Martín S. Vidondo,
• 1939 Martín Carri,
• 1940 Alberto Obejero,
• 1941 T. Rodolfo Riat,
• 1942 Domingo Mendez,
• 1944 El major A. Ibarborde,
• 1945 Gregorio Díaz Vega,
• 1947 Dr Antonio Scavuzzo,
• 1955 Gregorio Díaz Vega,
• 1958 José I. Uthurralt,
• 1962 Hector A. Larceri,
• 1964 Arturo C.Perez Erro,
• 1966 Juan P. Piccione
• 1972 Ignacio C. Candaosa
• 1973 Juan B.Z. Vitale
• 1975 Alberto Insúa
• 1976 Cap. Raúl Vicente Vittola
• 1976 Joaquín de Adúriz
• 1983 Dr. Julio César Lozano
• 1987 Edgardo Cabanillas
• 1987 Dr. Héctor Oscar Scavuzzo
• 1991 Ing. Juan Carlos Amores
• 1995 Dr. Aldo Luis Mensi
• 1999 Dr. Aldo Luis Mensi
• 2003 Dr. Aldo Luis Mensi
• 2005 Omar Berruet
• 2005 Dr. Aldo Luis Mensi
• 2007 Dr. Aldo Luis Mensi
• 2009 Carlos Ulises Oreste

Celebrities Born in Coronel Pringles

• Juan Carlos Thorry(1908-2000) film actor, tango musician.
• César Aira, writer, born 1949
• Arturo Carrera, poet.
• Celeste Carballo, singer and composer of rock music.
• Millie Stegman, actress.
• Juan Segundo Stegman, actor and conductor.
• Ricardo Martinez Paz, actor, photographer, costume designer.
• Alejandro Carrafancq, architect and researcher.
• Juan Ezequiel Cuevas, soccer player.
• Andrés Agulla, co-host of TV.
• Paula Torres, a journalist.
• Jose Miguel Garcia Loos, writer.
• Esteban Chango Fernandino, Racer [1]
• Luis Alberto Oxoteguy, Rally Driver, Argentinian Champion.

Access roads

Provincial Routes

• Access to the Party is possible through the Provincial Route 51 or Provincial Route 85. The city is heading to 517 km of the City of Buenos Aires and 127 km by Bahía Blanca, associated with the federal capital and other urban centers through a network of provincial roads, mostly paved.

Train

• FFCC, station Pringles of Rock in 1530 and Milani Palmiro Av Dardo Rocha, four services weekly passenger train "line of Constitution Square in Bahía Blanca "(Via Pringles).
• Schedule of services to Coronel Pringles

Air

• Aerodrome provincial, 38°1′40″S 61°29′0″W / 38.02778°S 61.483333°W / -38.02778; -61.483333, 3 km southeast of the city. En Route 51 km 617 and Pringles access through 9 de Julio | Tel +(54)(2922) 46-2488
• Airport commander Spore, Location: Bahía Blanca (1 hour by land) on Route 3 North Ex km 675 | IATA Code: BHI, Category: Cabotage | Tel + 54 [phone]

Micros Long Distance

Malvinas Argentinas Bus Station at Avenida Arturo Frondizi and Belgrano

• Andesmar Tel [phone]
• Condor La Estrella Tel [phone]
• El Rapido Tel [phone]
• Express Cabildo Tel [phone]
• Jetmar Tel [phone]
• Plusmar Tel [phone]
• Tramat Tel [phone]

Online Radios

• Fm Génesis 90.7 Mhz Coronel Pringles
• Fm Transformación 91.3 Mhz Coronel Pringles
• Fm Pueblo De Dios 91.9 Mhz Coronel Pringles
• Fm Sinfonía 94.3 Mhz Coronel Pringles
• Fm Impacto 98.3 Mhz Coronel Pringles
• Pringles Fm 100.3 Mhz Coronel Pringles
• Fm La Nueva Generación 107.3 Mhz Coronel Pringles

Journals Online

• Journals El Orden
• El Expreso Semanal
• Informe Rural
• The Journals of Pringles
• Pringles 24, breaking news

Local TV Channel

• Canal 2 de Coronel Pringles, CCTV S.A
• Pringles Tv Channel 6

References

• Centenario de Coronel Pringles, Aldo H. Pirola, Carlos A. Barragan, Editorial Nueva Era, Coronel Pringles, Prov. de Buenos Aires, Argentina (1983).
• Andres M. Regalsky, Foreign Capital, Local Interests and Railway Development in Argentina: French Investments in Railways, 1900-1914, J. of Latin American Studies, Vol 21, No.3 (Oct 1989), pp. 425–452.

External links

• Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (Spanish)
• (Spanish) Official Web-site of Coronel Pringles