Escalante Department is a

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Chubut Province Chubut ( es, Provincia del Chubut, ; cy, Talaith Chubut) is a province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes ra ...

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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 () 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 ...

. The department is named after doctor Wenceslao Escalante, who was part of the Ministry of Agriculture during the presidency of Julio A. Roca.

Attractions

*Autodromo Comodoro Rivadavia

Settlements

* Caleta Córdoba * Campamento El Tordillo * Ciudadela *

* Diadema Argentina *

El Trébol El Trébol is a small city in the San Martín Department, west-center of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, 179 km from the provincial capital. It has about 11,086 inhabitants as per the . Its foundation date is locally acknowledged as 15 ...

Escalante Escalante may refer to: People *Amat Escalante (born 1979), Mexican filmmaker *Bernardino de Escalante (born 1537), 16th-century Spanish writer, author of one of the first European books on China *Enrique Escalante (born 1984), Puerto Rican volley ...

* General Mosconi *

Laprida Laprida is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative centre for Laprida Partido. Attractions *Museo Archivo Histórico Hugo H. Diez (Hugo Diez Museum & Historical archive) *Laguna El Paraíso, lake, located 4 k ...

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Rada Tilly Rada Tilly is a town in Escalante Department, Chubut Province (Patagonia), Argentina. The town is between Punta Piedras hill to the north and Punta del Marqués to the south. Punta del Marqués, a geographical landmark on San Jorge Gulf, reaches ...

* Villa Astra *

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* Bahia Bustamante * Rocas Coloradas * Comferpet *

Pampa del Castillo The Pampas (from the qu, pampa, meaning "plain") are fertile South American low grasslands that cover more than and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazil ...

Pampa Salamanca The Pampas (from the qu, pampa, meaning "plain") are fertile South American low grasslands that cover more than and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazil ...

* Rio Chico *

Pico Salamanca Pico may refer to: Places The Moon * Mons Pico, a lunar mountain in the northern part of the Mare Imbrium basin Portugal * Pico, a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Verde * Pico da Pedra, a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeir ...

Manantiales Behr Manantiales may refer to: * Manantiales, Argentina, a village in Catamarca Province * Manantiales, Uruguay, a resort in Maldonado department {{Disambig ...

References

External links

Comodoro Rivadavia Municipal Website

Comodoro Rivadavia City Website
States and territories established in 1901 Departments of Chubut Province {{Chubut-geo-stub