Tehuelches Department
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Tehuelches Department is a department
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...

 of Chubut Province
Chubut Province
Chubut a province in the southern part of Argentina situated between the 42nd parallel south and the 46th parallel south , the Andes range separating Argentina from Chile, and the Atlantic ocean...

 in 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...

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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 5,159 inhabitants in an area of 14,750 km², and its capital city is José de San Martín
José de San Martín, Chubut
José de San Martín is a town in Chubut Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Tehuelches Department.The town is named after José de San Martín, the Argentine General who liberated Argentina from the Spanish empire....

, which is located around 1,870 km from Capital Federal.

Settlements

  • Gobernador Costa
  • José de San Martín
    José de San Martín, Chubut
    José de San Martín is a town in Chubut Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Tehuelches Department.The town is named after José de San Martín, the Argentine General who liberated Argentina from the Spanish empire....

  • Río Pico
  • Doctor Atilio Oscar Viglione
    Doctor Atilio Oscar Viglione
    Doctor Atilio Oscar Viglione is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina....

  • Alto Río Pico
  • Putrachoique
  • Laguna Blanca
  • Arroyo Arenoso
  • Aldea Shaman
  • Lago Vintter
  • Nueva Lubecka
  • Rio Frias
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