A report on Patagonia, Argentina and Comodoro Rivadavia

Ainsworth Bay and Marinelli Glacier, Chile.

The surrender of Beresford to Santiago de Liniers during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata

The Huergo Chalet, built in 1919, hosted numerous official gatherings

Portrait of General José de San Martin, Libertador of Argentina, Chile and Peru.

People gathered in front of the Buenos Aires Cabildo during the May Revolution

Campus of the National University of Patagonia San Juan Bosco

Map of the indigenous peoples of Southern Patagonia

Julio Argentino Roca was a major figure of the Generation of '80 and is known for directing the "Conquest of the Desert". During his two terms as President many changes occurred, particularly major infrastructure projects of railroads; large-scale immigration from Europe and laicizing legislation strengthening state power.

Cueva de las Manos site in Santa Cruz, Argentina

Official presidential portrait of Juan Perón and his wife Eva Perón, 1948

The Casino Club Comodoro, part of a growing tourism sector

Nao Victoria, the replica of the first ship to pass through the Strait of Magellan

Admiral Emilio Massera, Lieutenant General Jorge Videla and Brigadier General Orlando Agosti (from left to right) – observing the Independence Day military parade on Avenida del Libertador, 9 July 1978.

The PCR petrochemical company, a leading local employer

An 1840s illustration of indigenous Patagonians from near the Straits of Magellan, from Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Océanie by French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville

Two members of the Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers guarding the Constitution of the Argentine Nation inside the Palace of the Congress.

Viteaux and Chenque Hills, the city's most distinctive geographic features

Aconcagua is the highest mountain outside of Asia, at 6960.8 m, and the highest point in the Southern Hemisphere.

Map of the advance of the Argentine frontier until the establishment of zanja de Alsina

The national animal of Argentina is the Rufous hornero, a small songbird native to South America

Under General Roca, the Conquest of the Desert extended Argentine power into Patagonia

Argentina features geographical locations such as this glacier, known as the Perito Moreno Glacier

Map of a nearby track, Autódromo General San Martín

Tierra del Fuego sheep ranch, 1942: The region's primary activity then, it has been eclipsed by the decline in the global wool market as much as by petroleum and gas extraction.

The National Congress composed of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.

La Trochita on its Chubut Province route: Formerly the sole rapid transport means in the province, La Trochita is now a tourist attraction.

G 20 leaders gathered in Argentina for the 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit.

Argentine destroyer ARA Almirante Brown (D-10)

A proportional representation of Argentina exports, 2019

The Catalinas Norte is an important business complex composed of nineteen commercial office buildings and occupied by numerous leading Argentine companies.

Atucha Nuclear Power Plant was the first nuclear power plant in Latin America. The electricity comes from 3 operational nuclear reactors: The Embalse Nuclear Power Station, the Atucha I and II.

Buenos Aires Underground is the oldest underground railway in Latin America, the Southern Hemisphere and the Spanish speaking world.

"Estudio País 24, the Program of the Argentines" in Channel 7, the first television station in the country

SAC-D is an Argentine earth science satellite built by INVAP and launched in 2011.

President Macri in the INVAP with the SAOCOM A and B, two planned Earth observation satellite constellation of Argentine Space Agency CONAE. the scheduled launch dates for 1A and 1B were further pushed back to 2018 and 2020.

The cacique Qom Félix Díaz meets with then president Mauricio Macri.

Over 25 million Argentines have at least one Italian immigrant ancestor.

Dialectal variants of the Spanish language in Argentina

Francis, the first pope from the Americas, was born and raised in Argentina.

Argentina has historically been placed high in the global rankings of literacy, with rates similar to those of developed countries.

The University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, alma mater to many of the country's 3,000 medical graduates, annually

El Ateneo Grand Splendid was named the second most beautiful bookshop in the world by The Guardian.

Sun of May on the first Argentine coin, 1813

Four of the most influential Argentine writers. Top-left to bottom-right: Julio Cortázar, Victoria Ocampo, Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares

Martha Argerich, widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the second half of the 20th century

Andy Muschietti, director of It, the highest-grossing horror film of all-time.

View of Bolívar Street facing the Cabildo and Diagonal Norte, on Buenos Aires' historical centre. The city's characteristic convergence of diverse architectural styles can be seen, including Spanish Colonial, Beaux-Arts, and modernist architecture.

Diego Maradona, one of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century

Lionel Messi, seven times Ballon d'Or winner, is the current captain of the Argentina national football team.

Argentine beef as asado, a traditional dish

The Cave of the Hands in Santa Cruz province, with artwork dating from 13,000 to 9,000 years ago.

Carlos Gardel, the most prominent figure in the history of tango

Civilian casualties after the air attack and massacre on Plaza de Mayo, June 1955

Juan Perón and his wife Isabel Perón, 1973

Argentinians soldiers during the Falklands War

Néstor Kirchner and his wife and political successor, Cristina Kirchner

Argentina map of Köppen climate classification

Lockheed Martin A-4AR Fightinghawk operated by the Argentine Air Force

Argentine provinces by population (2010)

Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires

Patagonia refers to a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile.

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Comodoro Rivadavia is a city in the Patagonian province of Chubut in southern Argentina, located on the San Jorge Gulf, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, at the foot of the Chenque Hill.

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The area's principal economic activities have been mining, whaling, livestock (notably sheep throughout) agriculture (wheat and fruit production near the Andes towards the north), and oil after its discovery near Comodoro Rivadavia in 1907.

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The average annual precipitation ranges from 150 mm in the driest parts of Patagonia to over 2000 mm in the westernmost parts of Patagonia and the northeastern parts of the country.

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Some of the largest sea ports are La Plata–Ensenada, Bahía Blanca, Mar del Plata, Quequén–Necochea, Comodoro Rivadavia, Puerto Deseado, Puerto Madryn, Ushuaia and San Antonio Oeste.

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Argentine Geological Society founder Dr. Victorio Angelelli (2nd from right), ca. 1950, whose study of Chubut's mineral wealth identified resources for economic development.

Southern right whale in Península Valdés, its preferred sanctuary.

Chubut (Provincia del Chubut, ; Talaith Chubut) is a province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes range to the west, and the Atlantic ocean to the east.

The largest city is Comodoro Rivadavia in the south of the province; it has 180,000 inhabitants.

Before the Spaniards arrived in the Americas, nomadic indigenous Tehuelche people had inhabited the Patagonia region for thousands of years.