Colonia Hinojo

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Country Argentina
Established1878
Elevation
156 m (512 ft)
Time zoneUTC−3 (ART)
Colonia Hinojo
Town
Colonia Hinojo is located in Buenos Aires Province
Colonia Hinojo
Colonia Hinojo
Coordinates: 36°52′44″S 60°10′37″W / 36.87889°S 60.17694°W / -36.87889; -60.17694
Country Argentina
Province Buenos Aires
PartidosOlavarría
Established1878
Elevation
156 m (512 ft)
Population
 (2001 Census)
 • Total
963[1]
Time zoneUTC−3 (ART)
CPA Base
B 7318
Area code+291 457-XXXX
ClimateDfc

Colonia Hinojo is a town located in the Olavarría Partido in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The town's name, "Hinojo", comes from a number of plants grown in the region around the town.[2] Hinojo is also sometimes called "Kamenka" or "Kaminka", in reference to the Russian town where the majority of the town's first settlers originated from.[3]

History

Monument to Volga German settlers in the town.

Colonia Hinojo was founded in 1878 by a group of Volga Germans, who originated from what is now Russia, becoming the first community in Argentina to be founded by that group.[4][5] The original settlers came from the town of Kamenka, in modern-day Saratov Oblast, Russia.[6] Rail service to the town began in 1883.[2]

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