Machagai

Machagai
City
Machagai Location in Argentina
Coordinates: 26°55′S 60°02′W
Country	Argentina
Province	Chaco
Department	Veinticinco de Mayo
1st level Municipality	Machagai
Elevation	83 m (272 ft)
Population  (2010 census)
• Total	21,997
Time zone	UTC−3 (ART)
CPA Base	H 3534
Area code	+54 3734
Climate	Cfa

Machagai (Spanish pronunciation: [matʃaˈɣaj]) is a city in Chaco Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Veinticinco de Mayo Department.

History

Native Argentines like the Qom people used to wander through the area, giving the place its name. After the end of the Argentine Civil War, the government turned its attention to scarcely populated regions of the country like Patagonia and Chaco and started to promote the arrival of immigrants to populate and strengthen them. The province of Chaco was one of the most transformed by this wave of immigration.^[1] In 1909 the first Montenegrin^[2][3][4] immigrants escape from their now-occupied country by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They came to Machagai and founded their agricultural colonies, in 1921 by State decree it was promoted to the category of town. Until the mid-20th century, Machagai continued to receive immigrants from Yugoslavia and Spain.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. De Europa al Chaco: Colectividades, Mutualismo y Mantenimiento Cultural
2. Stojović, Gordan. "CRNOGORSKA DIJASPORA U ARGENTINI I OKOLNIM ZEMLJAMA" (PDF). MATICA CRNOGORSKA. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
3. Press, Fokus. "Argentina: Proslavljeno 100 godina od osnivanja kolonije La Montenegrina". Retrieved 22 August 2024.
4. Linija, Vremenska. "History of Montenegro". Retrieved 22 August 2024.

External links

Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)