Lago Buenos Aires Department
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Lago Buenos Aires Department is a department
in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
. It has a population of 6,223 (2001) and an area of 28,609 km². The seat of the department is in Perito Moreno
.
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 6,223 (2001) and an area of 28,609 km². The seat of the department is in Perito Moreno
Perito Moreno, Santa Cruz
Perito Moreno is a town in the northeast of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, 25 km east of Lake Buenos Aires. It should not be confused with the Perito Moreno National Park over 300 km south by road, or the Perito Moreno Glacier near El Calafate. The town is the capital of the Lago Buenos Aires...
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