Magallanes Department
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Magallanes Department is a department
in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
. It has a population of 6,536 (2001) and an area of 19,805 km². The seat of the department is in Puerto San Julián
.
Departments of Argentina
Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act...
in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. It has a population of 6,536 (2001) and an area of 19,805 km². The seat of the department is in Puerto San Julián
Puerto San Julián
Puerto San Julián, also known historically as Port St Julian, is a natural harbour in Patagonia in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina located at . In the days of sailing ships it formed a stopping point, south of Puerto Deseado...
.