Country Argentina 1st level Municipality Machagai Area code(s) +54 3734 Elevation 83 m Population 28,070 (2001) | Department Veinticinco de Mayo CPA Base H 3534 Climate Cfa Local time Friday 12:10 AM Province Chaco Province | |
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Weather 19°C, Wind S at 14 km/h, 81% Humidity | ||
Machagai ([matʃaˈɣai]) is a city in Chaco Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Veinticinco de Mayo Department.
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Map of Machagai, Chaco Province, Argentina
Toponimy
In the Qom language "Machagai" means "lowland", referring to its geographical features as a slope near rivers like the Bermejo and Paraná.
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. In 1909 the first Serbian immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire 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.