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Anguil is a village and rural locality in the Capital Department, in La Pampa Province in Argentina. It is located at the edge of National Route 5, approximately 26 km from the city of Santa Rosa.ToponymAnguil comes from Mapudungun and means olivillo-olivillo or lands of olivillo. This is how Elisha Tello translates it because the olivillo is a plant that is abundant in the region and its color gives the fields a silvery hue. However, according to Enrique Stieben, a compiler of Pampean Aboriginal terms, he indicates that it means "dry calden" or "dry bush."HistoryThe village of Anguil was officially established on December 2, 1906 by Eduardo and Alberto Castex, father and son respectively. They at first donated land for the public square, the City Hall, the Police Station, the Italian and Spanish societies, the Magistrates Court and the church.Also, with the founding of the railroad station, on loan from the Trenque Lauquen-Santa Rosa (Ferrocarril Oeste) branch, Eduardo Castex partitioned six leagues of his fields adjacent to the railway station and almost all the land located north and northwest of the same. To access these lands, Castex granted credit facilities that allowed the settlement of hundreds of families.In 2006 the town celebrated its centenary since it was founded by Eduardo and Alberto Castex. The legend inscribed on a medal of the time with that date, led to the establishment of December 2, 1906 as the founding day of the town that is located 35 miles east of Santa Rosa, in the Capital Department.