Las Toninas
{{Short description|Town in La Costa Partido of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Las Toninas
|image_skyline = Laberinto de Las Toninas.jpg
|imagesize =
|image_caption = Las Toninas Maze
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Buenos Aires Province
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{ARG}}
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = 24px Buenos Aires
|subdivision_type2 = Partido
|subdivision_name2 = La Costa
|established_title =
|established_date = 1960
|population_as_of = {{census-ar|2001}}
|population_total = 3,550
|population_density_km2 =
|coordinates = {{coord|36|29|S|56|42|W|region:AR|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m = 17
|postal_code_type = CPA Base
|postal_code = B 7106
|area_code = +54 2246
|website = http://lacosta.gob.ar/lugares_interes?localidad=5496
}}
Las Toninas is a town in La Costa Partido of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Overview
Founded in 1960, Las Toninas was christened in honor of the Commerson's dolphin (known locally as a tonina). The shore had been the site of a shipwreck in 1883 of a commercial vessel registered in the British Empire, whose captain settled nearby and established the Estancia Los Ingleses.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080116153446/http://www.viajoporargentina.com/buenos_aires/p_costa/rp11_las_toninas_esp.htm Viajo por Argentina: Ruta Provincial 11 {{in lang{{!}}es}}]}}
The shore at Las Toninas is distinguishable from its sister communities' by the extensive growth of tamarix bushes. These were used to create a hedge maze as a tourist attraction, and the 6,400 m2 (16,000 ft2) maze is touted locally as the nation's largest.{{Cite web|title=Crónica de una visita al laberinto de Las Toninas (Argentina) (Chronicle of a visit to the Las Toninas Maze) |date=October 2007 |language=es |url=http://www.slideshare.net/pcazau/laberinto-las-toninas |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011140705/http://www.slideshare.net/pcazau/laberinto-las-toninas |archivedate=11 October 2012 |url-status=live}}
Las Toninas is also known as the "Fiber Optical Capital" in Argentina;{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} because it is the single point where submarine optical fiber networks reach Argentina via several landing cable stations, by companies such as Level 3 (with its SAC ring), TIWS (Atlantis 2), Telecom-Antel (Bicentenario cable system), and Telefónica (SAM 1). The town was chosen because its coastline was not as rocky as others in the region.{{Cite news|first=Uriel|last=Bederman |date=4 June 2015 |title=Las Toninas: la puerta submarina por la que el país se conecta a Internet|newspaper=La Nación |language=es |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1798446-como-son-los-cables-submarinos-que-traen-internet-a-la-argentina |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604142050/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1798446-como-son-los-cables-submarinos-que-traen-internet-a-la-argentina |archivedate=4 June 2015 |url-status=live}}
Notes and references
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Category:Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
Category:Populated coastal places in Argentina
Category:Populated places established in 1960
Category:Seaside resorts in Argentina
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