Tolhuin
Tolhuin is a town in the province of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. It has 2,949 inhabitants as per the 2010 census [INDEC]. It is located on the eastern shore of Lake Fagnano, in the southern part of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. It is the third largest settlement on the Argentine side of Tierra del Fuego after Ushuaia and Río Grande.
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 Coat of arms | |
  Tolhuin Location of Tolhuin in Argentina | |
| Coordinates: 54°30.65′S 67°11.73′W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Tierra del Fuego |
| Department | Tolhuin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 54 km2 (21 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,949 |
| • Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
| CPA base | V9412 |
| Dialing code | +54 2901 |
| Climate | ET |
Tolhuin was founded on October 9, 1972. The word means "like a heart" in Selk'nam language.[1] It lies on National Route 3, and is the only town between the cities of Ushuaia (about 103 kilometres to the south) and Río Grande (about 133 kilometres to the north) on this motorway.
Attractions
Panadería La Unión is a bakery located near Tolhuin that has become famous in Argentina. Most buses going to Ushuaia stop here so their passengers can rest, have a coffee, and eat some baked goods. The walls are lined with signed photographs of celebrities, mostly Argentine, who have come here over the decades.
Top Gear incident
In 2014 Tolhuin was the site of an attack on the film crew from the BBC Television program Top Gear. The crew was confronted by what the presenters called "a mob", who blocked off the road access and began to pelted the cars with eggs and stones in a protest over the Falkland Islands conflict.[2] Car windows were shattered and two crew members were hit in what became known as 'The number-plate controversy'.[3]
Climate
Tolhuin has a tundra (ET) climate that borders closely on a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc) and subantarctic continental climate (Dfc).
| Climate data for Tolhuin (1991–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 24.8 (76.6) |
26.6 (79.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
13.0 (55.4) |
9.8 (49.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
11.8 (53.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
17.8 (64.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.4 (74.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 14.1 (57.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
12.0 (53.6) |
8.9 (48.0) |
5.4 (41.7) |
2.7 (36.9) |
2.5 (36.5) |
4.3 (39.7) |
6.9 (44.4) |
9.9 (49.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
13.2 (55.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
7.1 (44.8) |
4.6 (40.3) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
0.7 (33.3) |
2.8 (37.0) |
5.1 (41.2) |
6.9 (44.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
4.5 (40.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 4.7 (40.5) |
4.0 (39.2) |
2.3 (36.1) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
0.3 (32.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
3.6 (38.5) |
0.1 (32.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−12.7 (9.1) |
−23.0 (−9.4) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 64.4 (2.54) |
46.4 (1.83) |
54.1 (2.13) |
51.7 (2.04) |
52.0 (2.05) |
49.8 (1.96) |
41.6 (1.64) |
41.4 (1.63) |
38.1 (1.50) |
35.8 (1.41) |
40.7 (1.60) |
59.8 (2.35) |
575.8 (22.67) |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[4] | |||||||||||||
References
- Historia de Tolhuin -Tierra del Fuego, VisitingArgentina.com, accessed 2007-02-09
- "Jeremy Clarkson 'stoned' as Top Gear crew abandon cars and flee Argentina".
- https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/jeremy-clarkson-footage-of-top-gear-team-under-attack-is-real-insists-presenter-9938231.html
- "Climatología general argentina" (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)
- WelcomeArgentina.