Romang, Santa Fe
| Romang | ||
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 Location of Romang Municipality in San Javier Department |
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| Coordinates: 29°30′00″S 59°46′00″W / 29.50000°S 59.76667°W | ||
| Country | Argentina | |
| Province | Santa Fe | |
| Department | San Javier | |
| Population (2012 estimate) | 9,237 | |
| Website | www.romang.gov.ar | |
Romang is a municipality located in San Javier, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. The town is located 265 kilometres (165 mi) north of the provincial capital Santa Fe on Provincial Route 1.
Romang's economy centers around agriculture, livestock, and industry. Two notable businesses are Susarelli, a rice mill with national distribution, and API, a steel foundry and car-part manufacturer that ships throughout the country. Romang's economy is also supplemented by tourism from sport fishing and a large camping ground, Camping Communal Brisol, located along the river.
Romang is also home to two athletic clubs, Club Matienzo and Club Romang, that compete in the Reconquest Soccer League of Santa Fe.
On average, Romang has about one low impact earthquake every 50 years, usually of magnitude less than 5 on the Richter Scale. Extreme droughts are a rare occurrence and there is a medium to high flood risk.
Romang has a humid (> 0.65 p/pet) climate. Its lands are uncultivated, with most of its natural vegetation intact. Most of the land is covered either in vegetation or cropland. The climate is a humid subtropical one, meaning there is a hot summer but no dry season, with a subtropical dry forest. The soil in the area is high in planosols, soils common in flat areas, with seasonal saturation caused by an impermeable lower horizon.
Because of its subtropical climate, Romang has few dry spells with hot summers (average 29 °C) and mild winters (12 °C). It experiences a long frost-free period, due to its notable moisture content from wind coming from the South Atlantic. Annual rainfall average is 900–1100 mm.
The Commune of Romang was created on January 28, 1887. On April 23, 1873, the people of Romang were summoned by the controversial figure Peter Wingeyer from Trubschachen. Wingeyer had been accused of stealing money entrusted to him for orphans, so he fled to America with his two sons. On the trip, he bought a passport from a doctor named Theophilus Romang (who died on the trip) from Langnau. Wingeyer was a clerk, and the owner of a watch factory which became bankrupt. From Esperanza, he moved to Argentina, where he practiced medicine illegally during the 1860s.
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