Machagai (Spanish pronunciation: [matʃaˈɣaj]) is a city in Chaco Province, Argentina.

Native Argentines like the Qom people used to wander through the area, giving the place its name.

After the end of the Argentine Civil War, the government turned its attention to scarcely populated regions of the country like Patagonia and Chaco and started to promote the arrival of immigrants to populate and strengthen them.

They came to Machagai and founded their agricultural colonies, in 1921 by State decree it was promoted to the category of town.

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