Villa de María del Río Seco
{{Expand Spanish|topic=geo|Villa de María|date=November 2019}}
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| name = Villa de María del Río Seco
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| settlement_type = Town
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| subdivision_name1 = Córdoba
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| subdivision_name2 = Río Seco
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Villa de María del Río Seco (usually shortened to Villa de María, not to be confused with Villa María) is a town in the province of Córdoba, Argentina. It has 3,819 inhabitants per the {{census-ar|2001}}, and is the head town of the Río Seco Department. It lies in the north of the province, by National Route 9, about {{convert|27|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the provincial border with Santiago del Estero and {{convert|170|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-northeast of the provincial capital Córdoba.
Villa de María was founded in 1796 or 1797 by the Marquis Rafael de Sobremonte (then to be Viceroy of the Río de la Plata), with the name of Río Seco. Its name was changed to the current one by provincial governor Roque Ferreira on 26 May 1858.
The town was the birthplace of the poet Leopoldo Lugones (1874–1938), whose childhood house is today a museum and a National Historic Monument. The area was also the stage of the assassination of the caudillo of Entre Ríos Province Francisco Ramírez, in 1821.
Climate
{{Weather box
|location = Villa de María del Río Seco (1981–2010, extremes 1961–present)
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|Jan record high C = 44.6
|Feb record high C = 43.0
|Mar record high C = 40.6
|Apr record high C = 37.8
|May record high C = 35.0
|Jun record high C = 32.6
|Jul record high C = 35.2
|Aug record high C = 38.4
|Sep record high C = 40.0
|Oct record high C = 42.8
|Nov record high C = 42.8
|Dec record high C = 43.0
|year record high C = 44.6
|Jan high C = 31.4
|Feb high C = 29.8
|Mar high C = 28.1
|Apr high C = 24.3
|May high C = 21.3
|Jun high C = 18.7
|Jul high C = 18.7
|Aug high C = 21.6
|Sep high C = 23.6
|Oct high C = 27.1
|Nov high C = 29.1
|Dec high C = 30.9
|year high C = 25.4
|Jan mean C = 24.0
|Feb mean C = 22.4
|Mar mean C = 21.0
|Apr mean C = 17.3
|May mean C = 14.0
|Jun mean C = 11.2
|Jul mean C = 10.5
|Aug mean C = 12.9
|Sep mean C = 15.3
|Oct mean C = 19.2
|Nov mean C = 21.4
|Dec mean C = 23.4
|year mean C = 17.7
|Jan low C = 17.4
|Feb low C = 16.5
|Mar low C = 15.5
|Apr low C = 12.0
|May low C = 8.5
|Jun low C = 5.5
|Jul low C = 3.5
|Aug low C = 5.5
|Sep low C = 7.9
|Oct low C = 11.7
|Nov low C = 14.2
|Dec low C = 16.8
|year low C = 11.3
|Jan record low C = 6.7
|Feb record low C = 4.4
|Mar record low C = 0.1
|Apr record low C = -1.1
|May record low C = -6.9
|Jun record low C = -8.4
|Jul record low C = -10.5
|Aug record low C = -9.2
|Sep record low C = -6.2
|Oct record low C = -2.2
|Nov record low C = 0.6
|Dec record low C = 3.6
|year record low C = -10.5
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 130.6
|Feb precipitation mm = 119.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 134.5
|Apr precipitation mm = 70.4
|May precipitation mm = 21.3
|Jun precipitation mm = 8.4
|Jul precipitation mm = 12.5
|Aug precipitation mm = 6.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 27.1
|Oct precipitation mm = 62.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 89.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 130.2
|year precipitation mm = 813.0
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 9.9
|Feb precipitation days = 9.1
|Mar precipitation days = 9.4
|Apr precipitation days = 7.6
|May precipitation days = 4.4
|Jun precipitation days = 3.3
|Jul precipitation days = 2.7
|Aug precipitation days = 1.6
|Sep precipitation days = 3.6
|Oct precipitation days = 6.6
|Nov precipitation days = 8.7
|Dec precipitation days = 9.6
|year precipitation days = 76.5
|Jan humidity = 74.7
|Feb humidity = 79.7
|Mar humidity = 81.8
|Apr humidity = 82.1
|May humidity = 79.0
|Jun humidity = 76.7
|Jul humidity = 71.8
|Aug humidity = 66.3
|Sep humidity = 64.7
|Oct humidity = 67.5
|Nov humidity = 70.4
|Dec humidity = 72.5
|year humidity = 73.9
|source 1 = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional{{cite web
| url = https://ssl.smn.gob.ar/dpd/observaciones/estadisticas.txt
| title = Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1981-2010
| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
| language = es
| access-date = 10 October 2018}}{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181011004736/https://www.smn.gob.ar/pronostico-extendido/?loc=6002
| archive-date = 11 October 2018
| url = https://www.smn.gob.ar/pronostico-extendido/?loc=6002
| title = Pronóstico Extendido por Villa de María del Río Seco
| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
| language = es
| access-date = 10 October 2018}}
{{cite web
|url = https://www2.smn.gob.ar/caracterizaci%C3%B3n-estad%C3%ADsticas-de-largo-plazo
|title = Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por Villa María del Río Seco
|work = Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo
|publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
|language = es
|access-date = 5 October 2017
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904022616/https://www2.smn.gob.ar/caracterizaci%C3%B3n-estad%C3%ADsticas-de-largo-plazo
|archive-date = 4 September 2017
|url-status = dead
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Notable people
- Leopoldo Lugones, poet (1874-1938)
- Renzo Saravia footballer (1993)
References
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External links
- {{ar-mi-muni|CBA392}}
- [http://www.enjoy-argentina.org/argentina/cordoba-la-historia-villa-de-maria.php Villa de María] at Enjoy-Argentina.org.
- [http://www.turismocordoba.com.ar/villademaria/ Villa de María del Río Seco] at TurismoCordoba.com.ar.
- [http://www.trailino.com/en/region/city-detail/id/6300521 location/geography]
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