Comandante Luis Piedrabuena
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Comandante Luis Piedrabuena is a town with 4,175 inhabitants in the department of Corpen Aike
in Santa Cruz province
in Argentina.
Located on the left bank of the Santa Cruz
river on Ruta Nacional N° 3, it is 231 km from the city of Río Gallegos and 467 km from Caleta Olivia
.
It was first settled by Argentina explorer Luis Piedrabuena in 1859, who established a town on Pavón Island.
It was given its present name in 1933.
Corpen Aike Department
Corpen Aike Department is a department in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It has a population of 7942 and an area of26,350 km². The seat of the department is in Puerto Santa Cruz.-Municipalities:*Comandante Luis Piedrabuena*Puerto Santa Cruz...
in Santa Cruz province
Santa Cruz Province (Argentina)
Santa Cruz is a province of Argentina, located in the southern part of the country, in Patagonia. It borders Chubut province to the north, and Chile to the west and south. To the east is the Atlantic Ocean...
in Argentina.
Located on the left bank of the Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz River (Argentina)
Santa Cruz River is a river from the Argentine province of Santa Cruz.The Santa Cruz begins at the shore of the Viedma and Argentino Lakes, of glacial origin and located in the Los Glaciares National Park, and runs eastwards before reaching the Atlantic Coast, north of the southern tip of South...
river on Ruta Nacional N° 3, it is 231 km from the city of Río Gallegos and 467 km from Caleta Olivia
Caleta Olivia
Caleta Olivia is a city located at the northeast of the Argentine province of Santa Cruz, on the San Jorge Gulf by the Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of 36,000 inhabitants...
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It was first settled by Argentina explorer Luis Piedrabuena in 1859, who established a town on Pavón Island.
It was given its present name in 1933.