Los Quirquinchos Explained

Official Name:Los Quirquinchos
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Argentina
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Santa Fe Province
Subdivision Type2:Department
Subdivision Name2:Caseros Department
Government Type:Communal President
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Molina PJ
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1902
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:2732
Population Density Km2:216
Utc Offset:-3
Coordinates:-33.3667°N -61.7167°W
Elevation M:95
Postal Code:S2637
Area Code:+54 3465

Los Quirquinchos is a town (comuna) in Santa Fe Province, in Caseros Departamento 1400NaN0 from Rosario, 2560NaN0 from the provincial capital, by provincial route RP 93. It has a population of 2,900 inhabitants as per the .

History

Domingo Funes sold to Juan Gödeken a fraction of his land, a place without any roads, population or housing, making historians think that Gödeken was responsible for the first settlement and the farmers that came next cleaned up and cultivated the fields, building the majority of the rural roads. The town's name could have been temporary, looking at the local geography which features many chañars, a tree common to the area that gave the name to the nearby town of Chañar Ladeado (literally sideways chañar). The local township (comuna) was officially founded on October 11, 1906.

Sports

The town has a local football club named Huracán Football Club, founded April 11, 1929. It plays in the local Lorenzo Tozini stadium, named after a prominent member of the club.

The town's principal annual event is Expo Globo, a rural industry and commerce show declared to be of social interest by the Federal Senate.

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