Sarmiento 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 8,724 inhabitants in an area of 14,563 km², and its capital city is

Sarmiento Sarmiento may refer to: Places Argentina *Sarmiento Department, San Juan, a subdivision of the San Juan Province *Sarmiento Department, Santiago del Estero, a subdivision of the Santiago del Estero Province *Sarmiento Department, Chubut, a subdivi ...

, which is located around 1,909 km from the

Capital federal Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South Am ...

Settlements

* Buen Pasto *

*Matasiete *Las Pulgas *Los Manantiales *Puerto El Chulengo

External links

Patagonia website
Departments of Chubut Province {{Chubut-geo-stub