Balneario El Cóndor (Balneario El Cóndor)
Balneario El Cóndor is a village and municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina. It is located on the coast of the Río Negro Province, Argentina, on the south bank of the mouth of the Negro River in the Argentine Sea. El Cóndor is located on km 31 of Provincial Route 1 in Río Negro, on the route that begins in the provincial capital, Viedma.
El Balneario is the first in a succession of beaches over 150 km in length. Following Provincial Route 1, it is located on the Camino de la Costa, so called because it goes through the various Rio Negro coastal beaches bordering the sea.
Politically, El Cóndor belongs to the Adolfo Alsina Department of Río Negro Province of Argentina.
El Balneario is named after a ship of Danish origin of that name, which capsized on its shores in December 1881. Its occupants were housed in the only boarding place that was near the site and whose inhabitants were also Danes. One of the crew of the ship (the carpenter on board), named Peter Hansen Kruuse, married one of the daughters of the Dane that administered the boarding place and remained for good in Patagonia, had 13 children, and one of them was the famous car racer Arturo Kruuse. Another son, Emilio Kruuse, was the first teacher received in Patagonia; he was the director of the prestigious Viedma Normal School and of the Bahia Blanca Normal School.
El Balneario is the first in a succession of beaches over 150 km in length. Following Provincial Route 1, it is located on the Camino de la Costa, so called because it goes through the various Rio Negro coastal beaches bordering the sea.
Politically, El Cóndor belongs to the Adolfo Alsina Department of Río Negro Province of Argentina.
El Balneario is named after a ship of Danish origin of that name, which capsized on its shores in December 1881. Its occupants were housed in the only boarding place that was near the site and whose inhabitants were also Danes. One of the crew of the ship (the carpenter on board), named Peter Hansen Kruuse, married one of the daughters of the Dane that administered the boarding place and remained for good in Patagonia, had 13 children, and one of them was the famous car racer Arturo Kruuse. Another son, Emilio Kruuse, was the first teacher received in Patagonia; he was the director of the prestigious Viedma Normal School and of the Bahia Blanca Normal School.
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The earliest recorded human presence in modern-day Argentina dates back to the Paleolithic period. The Inca Empire expanded to the northwest of the country in Pre-Columbian times. The country has its roots in Spanish colonization of the region during the 16th century. Argentina rose as the successor state of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, a Spanish overseas viceroyalty founded in 1776. The declaration and fight for independence (1810–1818) was followed by an extended civil war that lasted until 1861, culminating in the country's reorganization as a federation. The country thereafter enjoyed relative peace and stability, with several waves of European immigration, mainly Italians and Spaniards, radically reshaping its cultural and demographic outlook; over 60% of the population has full or partial Italian ancestry, and Argentine culture has significant connections to Italian culture.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| ARS | Argentine peso | $ | 2 |
| ISO | Language |
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| EN | English language |
| FR | French language |
| DE | German language |
| GN | Guarani language |
| IT | Italian language |
| ES | Spanish language |