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Founded by decree on February 23, 1901, as a port for the inland settlement of Sarmiento, the first settler was Francisco Pietrobelli. Early settlers included Boers escaping British rule in South Africa, as well as Welsh settlers. See more
Comodoro Rivadavia , often shortened to Comodoro, is a city in the Patagonian province of Chubut in southern Argentina, located on the San Jorge Gulf, an inlet of the See more
Comodoro Rivadavia features a cold semi-desert climate (BSk) according to the Köppen climate classification, and it has a subtropical climate … See more
Industry and commerce
The commercial and industrial activities of the city are the most important in the region. The main … See moreThe urgency to define short routes to transport products from Colonia Sarmiento and bring them to that village created the necessity of a port … See more
Comodoro Rivadavia had a population of 182,631 inhabitants in 2010, compared to 135,632 in 2001 and 124,104 in 1991. The city grew by about … See more
Wikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license Comodoro Rivadavia | Patagonia, Oil Town, Coastal City
WEBComodoro Rivadavia, port city, southeastern Chubut provincia (province), southeastern Argentina. It is located on the Gulf of San Jorge in the …
History of Comodoro Rivadavia: History of the City and the area
WEBComodoro Rivadavia, well-known for being the Argentinian oil capital, was founded out of the need to shorten the routes used to transport goods from Colonia Sarmiento. A port …
Comodoro Rivadavia History and Legends - InterPatagonia
WEBThe beach village Rada Tilly was founded on 24th July 1948, and today has approximately 3450 inhabitants. Before that, in 1890, the corvette "La Argentina" commanded by …
Comodoro Rivadavia | Encyclopedia.com
WEBviews 1,251,972 updated. Comodoro Rivadavia, a city of 137,000 inhabitants (2001), is the largest urban center of the Province of Chubut in Argentine Patagonia.
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Comodoro Rivadavia – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
WEBComodoro Rivadavia, often simply called Comodoro, is the center of one of the most important oil extraction regions in Argentina. Founded in 1901 as a port for the …
Comodoro Rivadavia - The city of the wind in Argentina
WEBOriginally established as a port in 1889 with the aim of connecting the inland town of Sarmiento with the sea, it was founded by the naval commodore Martín Rivadavia. …
Tecpetrol launches Comodoro Rivadavia Photo Library, …
WEB"Comodoro Rivadavia - 120 years of photographic stories" is organized into three sections reflecting the three main periods of urban development: 1901 to 1955 "From port and oil …
Comodoro Rivadavia - PATAGONIA ARGENTINA
WEBComodoro Rivadavia is the most important urban and services centre in the area. Since 1907, when petrol was found in this part of the San Jorge Gulf, it hasn’t stopped growing …
Comodoro Rivadavia - Wikitravel
WEBOriginally established as a port in 1889 to give the inland settlement of Sarmiento access to the sea, by the naval commodore Martín Rivadavia, the city grew when oil was being …
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