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'''Tandil''' is the main city of the homonymous [[Partidos of Buenos Aires|partido]] (department), located in Argentina, in the southeast of [[Buenos Aires Province]], just north-northwest of [[Tandilia hills]]. The city was founded in 1823, and its name originates from the ''[[Piedra Movediza]]'' ("Moving Stone") which fell in 1912. The city is the birthplace of many notable sports personalities, as well as former president of Argentina [[Mauricio Macri]].

Tandil is situated approximately midway between [[La Plata]] (the provincial capital), {{convert|330|km|abbr=on}} to its NE, and [[Bahía Blanca]], lying the same distance to its SW; it is also {{convert|160|km|mi}} NW of [[Mar del Plata]], and {{convert|360|km|mi}} SSW of [[Buenos Aires]]. Tandil is in a zone within the [[Pampas]] known as the [[Humid Pampas]].

Tandil's climate is mild and humid (classified as ''Cfb'' or an [[oceanic climate]] under the [[Köppen climate classification]]),<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author=Peel, M. C. and Finlayson, B. L. and McMahon, T. A. | year=2007 | title= Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification | journal=Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume=11 | issue=5 | pages=1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 | bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | url=http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.pdf | issn = 1027-5606| doi-access=free }}</ref> with an average temperature of {{convert|13.8|C|F}} and {{convert|888.6|mm|in}} of precipitation annually. Mornings are often cold in autumn, winter and spring, and generally coolfresh in the summer. Fog is very common in autumn and winter, when frosts are also common. ExtremeMinimum lowstemperatures below {{convert|-5|C|F}} have been recorded in the winter months. Rainfall occurs throughout the year but is more frequent and abundantfrequently in summer. [[Snow]] events are uncommonnot very common.