Gaiman

Ivana IbáñezFederico Zeppo

Agustina SánchezNatasha Saldaña

3º 1º Cs. Nat.

Gaiman is a small town of Chubut, this town is in a valley. It’s 40 kilometers away from the capital city.

Gaiman was founded

in 1874, and now it has

about 7000 inhabitants.

This town has an interesting history. The 28th of July 1865 theWelsh reached the province and Gaiman was founded in 1885, but before this place was occupied by Tehuelches.

The Tehuelches werenomads and hunters.They ate wild llamas, american rheas and itseggs, and collected somefruits.They wore skins of wild llamas.

They lived in tents, and they moved those tents depending onthe climate. The tents were made of wild llama skins sewn withamerican rhea tendons.They lived in groups, and every group had a leader: thecacique. The men did the hunting and the women cared for thechildren and did domestic work.

The 28th july 1865 the welsh arrived to Chubut in the sailboatMimosa. They came from Wales looking for a place to live in peace and restart their lifes.

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The plants are specially adapted to the arid climate of the area, they have thorns and small leaves, like the coirón, jarilla, zampa, jume and other little bushes.

Some of the animals in the area are guanacos (Lama guanicoe), piches (Zaedyus pichiy), skunks(Conepatushumboldtii), cuises (Microcavia australis), codornices (Coturnix coturnix), teros (Vanellus chilensis), choiques(Rhea americana), maras (Dolichotis patagonum), lizards, foxes (Conepatus humboldtii) and more.

The most important natural resource is the fine fruit for export. Some of this fruits are cherries, strawberries and raspberries.

This fruits also are used for marmelades production.

The most popular attractions of Gaiman are the WelshRegional Museum, the Antropologic Museum, the First house of Gaiman, the Ex railroad tunnel, the GeoparkBryn Gwyn and El Desafío Park.