El Bolsón, Río Negro
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| Coordinates: 41°58′S 71°32′W / 41.967°S 71.533°WCoordinates: 41°58′S 71°32′W / 41.967°S 71.533°W | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Province | Rio Negro |
| Department | Bariloche |
| Elevation | 422 m (1,385 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 19,009 |
| Demonym(s) | bolsonense |
| Time zone | ART (UTC-3) |
| CPA base | U8430 |
| Dialing code | +54 2944 |
| Climate | Csb |
El Bolsón is a town situated in the southwest of Río Negro Province, Argentina, at the foot of the Piltriquitron Mountain. Due to a series of valleys through the mountains of Chile to the Pacific Ocean, El Bolsón has an unusually mild climate for its southern location.
El Bolsón area's first non-indigenous inhabitants were German immigrants that arrived to the valley from Chile as an offshoot of the colonisation of Llanquihue. In the 1970s hippies from Buenos Aires migrated to El Bolsón; some of them practised horticulture and made handcrafts.
El Bolsón has a tourism economy based on an outdoor artisan market, fly fishing, trekking, rafting, climbing, and other outdoor activities in the surrounding lakes and mountains. The nature tourism offers are complemented with the production of cheeses, smoked trout, special brew beer, regional chocolates and ice cream, as well as organic and wild-crafted jams and preserves, particularly elderberries.
El Bolsón is located approximately 120 km south of the major city of San Carlos de Bariloche and is served by El Bolsón Airport.
El Bolsón has a cool Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb) owing to its rain shadow location. Winters are the coldest time of year with a July mean of 3.5 °C (38.3 °F) with nighttime temperatures regularly falling below 0 °C (32.0 °F). During cold waves, temperatures can occasionally fall below −10 °C (14.0 °F). During the winter months, precipitation is abundant (mostly rainfall and occasionally snowfalls), resulting in most days being overcast, averaging 16-17 overcast days from June to August. Spring and fall are transition seasons featuring warmer temperatures than in winter. Summers are warmer and sunnier with temperatures during the day averaging 24.1 °C (75.4 °F) in January and comparatively high diurnal ranges, with lows averaging 7.4 °C (45.3 °F). Frosts can even occur during the summer months. Owing to its location in a valley, wind speeds are lower ranging from a low of 4 kilometres per hour (2.5 mph) in May and June to a high of 9 kilometres per hour (5.6 mph) in January.
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