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Encyclopedia Britannica



BAHIA BLANCA

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 211 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: AUD-BAI
BAHIA BLANCA , a city and port of Argentina, on the Naposta river, 3 M. from its outlet into a deep, well-sheltered bay of the same name. Pop. (est. 1903) ,1,600. It is situated in the extreme southern part of the province of Buenos Aires and is 447 M. by rail S.W. of the national
capital
 . The opening to
settlement
  of the national territories of La Pampa and Neuquen has contributed largely to the growth and importance of Bahia Blanca. It is the natural shipping-port for these territories and for the southern districts of the province of Buenos Aires, from which
great
  quantities of wheat and wool are exported. The bay has long been recognized as one of the best on the Argentine
coast
 , and when the channel is properly dredged, will admit steamers of 30 ft. draught at low-water. The Argentine government has located its principal naval station here, at the
Puerto Militar, between the .city and the entrance to the bay. The port, whose trade is increasing rapidly, is connected with the neighbouring and interior producing districts by five or six lines of railway and their branches. Bahia Blanca
dates
  from 1828, when a fort and trading post were located here, but its development as a commercial centre began only in 1885, when its first railway line was opened. In 1908 direct railway communication was opened with Mendoza and San Juan. Though situated near the mountainous section of southern Buenos Aires, the immediate vicinity of the city is low and swampy, its water is brackish, and it has been decidedly unhealthy; but a water
supply
  from the Sauce Grande, 50 M. distant, was projected in 1906, and this, with better drainage and
street
  paving, was expected to improve matters. The mean annual temperature is 6o, and the
average
  annual rainfall is 19 in. The city has
street
  cars, electric-lights and telephone service, and the port has a shipping pier 1640 ft. long, with spacious warehouses and several miles of railway sidings.


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