Sarmiento Department is a
department
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Government and military
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of
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 ran ...
in
Argentina
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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, 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 ...
.
Settlements
*
Buen Pasto
Buen Pasto is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina
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*
Sarmiento
*Matasiete
*Las Pulgas
*Los Manantiales
*Puerto El Chulengo
External links
Patagonia website
Departments of Chubut Province
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