Tolhuin
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Tolhuin
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| native_name_lang = es
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Centre Tolhuin.jpg
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| image_shield = COA_Tolhuin.svg
| image_flag = Bandera de la Ciudad de Tolhuin.svg
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| pushpin_map = Argentina
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Tolhuin in Argentina
| coordinates = {{coord|54|30.37|S|67|11.43|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{ARG}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Tierra del Fuego}}
| subdivision_type2 = Department
| subdivision_name2 = Tolhuin
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| area_total_km2 = 54
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| population_total = 9879
| population_as_of = 2022
| population_density_km2 = 183
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| timezone1 = ART
| utc_offset1 = −3
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| postal_code_type = CPA base
| postal_code = V9412
| area_code_type = Dialing code
| area_code = +54 2901
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| blank_info_sec1 = ET
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Tolhuin is a town in the province of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. It has 9,879 inhabitants as per the 2022 census.{{Cite web |title=Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas 2022. Resultados provisionales |url=https://www.indec.gob.ar/ftp/cuadros/poblacion/cnphv2022_resultados_provisionales.pdf |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Censo 2022. República Argentina |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) |page=32 |language=es |publication-place=Buenos Aires |publication-date=January 2023 |isbn=978-950-896-633-9}} It is located on the eastern shore of Lake Fagnano, in the southern part of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. It is the third largest settlement on the Argentine side of Tierra del Fuego after Ushuaia and Río Grande.
Tolhuin was founded on October 9, 1972. The word means "like a heart" in Selkʼnam language.{{cite web|url=http://www.visitingargentina.com/blog/historia-de-tolhuin-tierra-del-fuego.htm|title=Historia de Tolhuin – Tierra del Fuego|trans-title=Tolhuin's history – Tierra del Fuego|website=visitingargentina.com|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070730074844/http://www.visitingargentina.com/blog/historia-de-tolhuin-tierra-del-fuego.htm|archive-date=30 July 2007|url-status=dead|access-date=4 April 2022}} It lies on National Route 3, and is the only town between the cities of Ushuaia (about 103 kilometres to the south) and Río Grande (about 133 kilometres to the north) on this motorway.
Attractions
There is a bakery called Panadería La Unión located near the town that has become famous in the region. Most buses going to Ushuaia stop here so their passengers can have a coffee, and eat baked goods. The bakery's walls are lined with autographed photographs of Argentine celebrities who have visited the town over the decades.{{cite web|url=https://www.transitionsabroad.com/publications/magazine/0405/travel_to_tierra_del_fuego.shtml|title=The Ends of the Earth: Take a Trip to Tierra del Fuego|last=Rich|first=David|website=transitionsabroad.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203224809/https://www.transitionsabroad.com/publications/magazine/0405/travel_to_tierra_del_fuego.shtml|archive-date=3 December 2020|url-status=live|access-date=}}
==Top Gear incident==
In 2014, Tolhuin was the site of an attack on the film crew of the BBC TV program Top Gear. The crew was confronted by what the presenters called "a mob", who blocked off the road access and began to pelt their cars with stones in a protest over the license plate (H982 FKL) on programme presenter Jeremy Clarkson's Porsche 928 that politicians and army veterans suggested could be seen to refer to the Falklands War.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/top-gear/11137879/Jeremy-Clarkson-stoned-as-Top-Gear-crew-abandon-cars-and-flee-Argentina.html|title=Jeremy Clarkson 'stoned' as Top Gear crew abandon cars and flee Argentina|last1=Turner|first1=Camilla|last2=Sawer|first2=Patrick|date=3 October 2014|website=The Daily Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827113230/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/top-gear/11137879/Jeremy-Clarkson-stoned-as-Top-Gear-crew-abandon-cars-and-flee-Argentina.html|archive-date=27 August 2021|url-status=live|access-date=4 April 2022}} Following the attack, the crew abandoned the damaged vehicles at a police checkpoint and left the country.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/jeremy-clarkson-footage-of-top-gear-team-under-attack-is-real-insists-presenter-9938231.html|title=Jeremy Clarkson: Footage of Top Gear team under attack is real, insists presenter|last=Tufft|first=Ben|website=The Independent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523214835/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/jeremy-clarkson-footage-of-top-gear-team-under-attack-is-real-insists-presenter-9938231.html|archive-date=23 May 2019|url-status=live|access-date=4 April 2022}}
Climate
Tolhuin has a tundra climate (ET) that borders closely on a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc) and subantarctic continental climate (Dfc).
{{Weather box
|location = Tolhuin (1991–2010)
|width=auto
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|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 24.8
|Feb record high C = 26.6
|Mar record high C = 22.8
|Apr record high C = 21.3
|May record high C = 13.0
|Jun record high C = 9.8
|Jul record high C = 9.3
|Aug record high C = 11.8
|Sep record high C = 18.3
|Oct record high C = 17.8
|Nov record high C = 22.4
|Dec record high C = 23.4
|year record high C = 26.6
|Jan high C = 14.1
|Feb high C = 13.9
|Mar high C = 12.0
|Apr high C = 8.9
|May high C = 5.4
|Jun high C = 2.7
|Jul high C = 2.5
|Aug high C = 4.3
|Sep high C = 6.9
|Oct high C = 9.9
|Nov high C = 11.9
|Dec high C = 13.2
|year high C = 8.8
|Jan mean C = 9.4
|Feb mean C = 9.0
|Mar mean C = 7.1
|Apr mean C = 4.6
|May mean C = 1.6
|Jun mean C = -0.9
|Jul mean C = -1.3
|Aug mean C = 0.7
|Sep mean C = 2.8
|Oct mean C = 5.1
|Nov mean C = 6.9
|Dec mean C = 8.4
|year mean C = 4.5
|Jan low C = 4.7
|Feb low C = 4.0
|Mar low C = 2.3
|Apr low C = 0.3
|May low C = -2.2
|Jun low C = -4.5
|Jul low C = -5.0
|Aug low C = -3.0
|Sep low C = -1.4
|Oct low C = 0.3
|Nov low C = 2.0
|Dec low C = 3.6
|year low C = 0.1
|Jan record low C = -2.5
|Feb record low C = -3.6
|Mar record low C = -7.0
|Apr record low C = -7.8
|May record low C = -12.7
|Jun record low C = -23.0
|Jul record low C = -23.5
|Aug record low C = -17.0
|Sep record low C = -18.6
|Oct record low C = -7.4
|Nov record low C = -7.2
|Dec record low C = -6.0
|year record low C = -23.5
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 64.4
|Feb precipitation mm = 46.4
|Mar precipitation mm = 54.1
|Apr precipitation mm = 51.7
|May precipitation mm = 52.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 49.8
|Jul precipitation mm = 41.6
|Aug precipitation mm = 41.4
|Sep precipitation mm = 38.1
|Oct precipitation mm = 35.8
|Nov precipitation mm = 40.7
|Dec precipitation mm = 59.8
|year precipitation mm = 575.8
|source 1 = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional{{cite web|url=http://foro.gustfront.com.ar/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5452|title=Climatología general argentina|trans-title=Argentine general climatology|website=gustfront.com.ar|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410143438/http://foro.gustfront.com.ar/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5452|archive-date=10 April 2021|url-status=live|access-date=4 April 2022}}
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References
{{portal|Argentina}}
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- {{ar-mi-muni|TDF002}}
- [http://www.welcomeargentina.com/tolhuin/index_i.html WelcomeArgentina]
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Category:Populated places in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina
Category:Cities and towns in Tierra del Fuego
Category:Populated places established in 1972
Category:Populated lakeshore places in Argentina
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