Escalante Department
Encyclopedia
Escalante Department is a department
of Chubut Province
in Argentina
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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 143,000 inhabitants in an area of 14,015 km², and its capital city is Comodoro Rivadavia
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The department is named after doctor Wenceslao Escalante, who was part of the Ministry of Agriculture during the presidency of Julio A. Roca.
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 143,000 inhabitants in an area of 14,015 km², and its capital city is Comodoro Rivadavia
Comodoro Rivadavia
Comodoro Rivadavia is a city in the Patagonian province of Chubut in southern Argentina, located on the San Jorge Gulf, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, at the foot of the Chenque Hill. Comodoro Rivadavia is the most important city of the San Jorge Basin....
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The department is named after doctor Wenceslao Escalante, who was part of the Ministry of Agriculture during the presidency of Julio A. Roca.
Settlements
- Caleta CórdobaCaleta CórdobaCaleta Córdoba, also spelled Caleta Córdova, is a small village with 638 inhabitants located in Escalante Department in the province of Chubut, Argentina, at the Atlantic coast 16 kilometers north of Comodoro Rivadavia, an economically oil-based city in the province of Chubut...
- Campamento El Tordillo
- Ciudadela
- Comodoro RivadaviaComodoro RivadaviaComodoro Rivadavia is a city in the Patagonian province of Chubut in southern Argentina, located on the San Jorge Gulf, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, at the foot of the Chenque Hill. Comodoro Rivadavia is the most important city of the San Jorge Basin....
- Diadema ArgentinaDiadema ArgentinaDiadema Argentina is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina.-References:...
- El Trébol
- Escalante
- General Mosconi
- Laprida
- Palazzo
- Rada TillyRada TillyRada Tilly is a town in Escalante Department, Chubut Province , Argentina. The town is between Punta Piedras hill to the north and Punta del Marqués to the south...
- Villa Astra
- Villa Ortiz
- Puerto Visser
- Bahia BustamanteBahía BustamanteBahía Bustamante is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina. According the 2001 census it has a population of 11 people. The village was established in 1953. It was written up in several travel articles in March of 2011, with links to some below....
- Rocas Coloradas
- Comferpet
- Pampa del Castillo
- Pampa Salamanca
- Rio Chico
- Pico Salamanca
- Manantiales Behr