José de San Martín is a town in

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 ...

, Argentina. It is the head town of the

Tehuelches Department Tehuelches Department is a department of Chubut Province in Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a total area of 14,750 km², and its capital city is José de San Martín, which is located around 1,870 km from the Capital federa ...

. The town is named after

José de San Martín José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (25 February 177817 August 1850), known simply as José de San Martín () or '' the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru'', was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and cent ...

, the Argentine General who liberated Argentina from the Spanish empire.

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* Populated places in Chubut Province {{Chubut-geo-stub