Güer Aike Department is a
department in
Santa Cruz Province
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,
Argentina
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. It has a population of 113,267 and an area of 33,841 km². The seat of the department is in
Río Gallegos
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which also has the majority of the population with 97,742.
Veintiocho de Noviembre
28 de Noviembre, written out as Veintiocho de Noviembre, is a town in southwestern Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It has roughly 5,300 inhabitants, most of whom are of Argentinian and Italian origin, and is located west of Río Gallegos and ...
has the next largest population with 6,145 inhabitants. The name means 'large camp' in the
''aonikenk'' (or 'tehuelche') language of southern
Patagonia
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.
Settlements
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El Turbio
El Turbio is a small village belonging to Veintiocho de Noviembre municipality in Santa Cruz Province in southern Argentina.Mini ...
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Julia Dufour
Julia Dufour is a village and municipality in Santa Cruz Province in southern Argentina
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Mina 3
Mina 3 is a village and municipality in Santa Cruz Province in southern Argentina
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Río Gallegos
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Rio or Río may also refer to:
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* Rio de Janeiro
* Rio do Sul, a ...
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Río Turbio
Río Turbio is a town and municipality in the Güer Aike Department of the Santa Cruz Province in southern Argentina.
It was founded in late 1942, as a consequence of the coal mining in the area. Rio Turbio was home to the state-owned coal extra ...
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Veintiocho de Noviembre
28 de Noviembre, written out as Veintiocho de Noviembre, is a town in southwestern Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It has roughly 5,300 inhabitants, most of whom are of Argentinian and Italian origin, and is located west of Río Gallegos and ...
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Güer Aike
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Camusu Aike
Camusu Aike is an indigenous community settlement in the Güer Aike Department of the Santa Cruz Province in southern Argentina. Its inhabitants are members of the Aonikenk (Tehuelche) people.
Camusu Aike was the first state-recognized Aonikenk ...
References
*Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos,
INDEC
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Departments of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
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