El Aguilar

El Aguilar is a company mining town and municipality in Jujuy Province in northwestern Argentina. It is located at approximately 3,980 metres above sea level, making it one of the highest permanent settlements in the country. The settlement is associated with mining activity and is situated in a high Andean environment. Its elevation is slightly below that of Mina Pirquitas, another high-altitude settlement in Jujuy Province, which stands at approximately 4,160 metres. El Aguilar had 3,655 inhabitants according to the 2001 census. The available reference material does not establish a separate consumer brand, commercial product portfolio, corporate ownership structure, founding date, or current operating status; accordingly, El Aguilar is documented here as a geographic settlement rather than as a conventional brand. The locality experiences an alpine tundra climate, classified as ET under the Köppen climate system. Conditions are seasonally divided between a relatively mild and wetter period from December through March and a substantially drier period from April through November, when mornings can be extremely cold. Its identity and economic significance are therefore closely connected to its altitude, mining-town origins, municipal role, and Andean setting.

El Aguilar developed as a company mining town in the high Andes of Jujuy Province, Argentina. The settlement is positioned at roughly 3,980 metres above sea level, within a mountainous environment where altitude and climate strongly shape daily life and economic activity. Its municipal identity is linked to the surrounding mining economy rather than to the manufacture or marketing of branded consumer goods. The available source material does not provide a founding year, the name of a founding company, a detailed chronology of mining operations, or information about later ownership and industrial changes. It does, however, identify El Aguilar as both a mining town and a municipality, indicating that the locality has a civic role in addition to its industrial origins. At its recorded 2001 census population, El Aguilar had 3,655 inhabitants. The settlement is among Argentina's highest, although Mina Pirquitas, also in Jujuy Province, is located at a still greater elevation of approximately 4,160 metres. El Aguilar's environmental conditions are characteristic of a high Andean alpine climate. The period from December to March is comparatively mild and receives most of the area's precipitation, while April through November is predominantly dry and marked by frigid mornings. No reliable source in the supplied material documents major corporate transactions, product launches, political events, scandals, or later population figures. The history that can be established from the available references is consequently geographic and socioeconomic: El Aguilar is a high-altitude Argentine municipal settlement whose formation and identity are associated with mining.

• 2001

  Population recorded in the national census

  [1]El Aguilaren.wikipedia.org

  The 2001 census recorded 3,655 inhabitants in El Aguilar.

1. 1El Aguilaren.wikipedia.org