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| Capital | Rawson |
| Area | 224,686 km² |
| Population | 413,237 (2001) |
| Density | 1. Rawson (originally "Trerawson" is the capital of the Argentine province of Chubut, in Patagonia. M^2 redirects here For other uses see M². CM2 redirects here Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 84/km² |
| Governor | Mario Das Neves |
| Demonym | Chubutense |
| ISO 3166-2 | AR-U |
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Chubut (Spanish: Provincia del Chubut, Welsh: Talaith Chubut) a province in the southern part of Argentina, that lies between the 42nd Parallel South (forming the border with the Río Negro Province) and 46th Parallel South (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes range separating Argentina from Chile, and the Atlantic ocean. Mario Das Neves (b 27 April, 1951) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place ISO 3166-2AR is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Argentina. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic A province is a territorial unit almost always an Administrative division. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. A circle of latitude, on the Earth, is an imaginary East - West circle connecting all locations (not taking into account elevation that share a given Río Negro is a province of Argentina, located at the northern edge of Patagonia. Santa Cruz is a province of Argentina, located in the southern part of the country in Patagonia. The Andes form the world's longest exposed Mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the The province's name derives from the Tehuelche word chupat, meaning "transparent", their description of the Chubut River. Tehuelches is the collective name of the native tribes of Patagonia. The Chubut River ( Spanish, Río Chubut) is a river in Patagonia, Southern Argentina. As the word chupat is similar to the Spanish word chupar, meaning "to suck" or, in slang, "to booze", the river's name was bowdlerized — adjusted for public decorum. Thomas Bowdler ( IPA /ˈbaʊdlə/ ( July 11, 1754 &ndash February 24, 1825) was an English Physician who published
The largest city, with 125,000 inhabitants, is Comodoro Rivadavia in the south of the province, but the administrative capital is Rawson (25,000). Comodoro Rivadavia is a city in the Patagonian province of Chubut in southern Argentina, located Rawson (originally "Trerawson" is the capital of the Argentine province of Chubut, in Patagonia. Other important cities are Puerto Madryn, Trelew, Esquel, and Sarmiento. Puerto Madryn (in Welsh, Porth Madryn) is a city in the province of Chubut in the Argentine Patagonia. Trelew is a city in the province of Chubut, in the Argentine Patagonia, with a population of 93386 as per the. Esquel is a town in the northwest of the province of Chubut, in the Argentine Patagonia. Sarmiento is a town in the province of Chubut, Argentina. It has about 8000 inhabitants as per the, and is the head town of the department of the same Gaiman is a cultural and demographic centre of the region known as "Y Wladfa" in which Welsh-Argentinians are concentrated. Gaiman is a town in the Chubut Province of Patagonia in Argentina. The Welsh settlement in Argentina began in 1865 and occurred mainly along the coast of Chubut province in the far southern region of Patagonia The Welsh settlement in Argentina began in 1865 and occurred mainly along the coast of Chubut province in the far southern region of Patagonia There are around 25,000 Welsh speakers in the Chubut region[1], predominantly concentrated in the original Welsh settlements of Trelew and Trevelin. Trelew is a city in the province of Chubut, in the Argentine Patagonia, with a population of 93386 as per the. Trevelin is a town in the Patagonian province of Chubut in Argentina.
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History
Before the Spaniards arrived in America, different nomad indigenous tribes, among them the Tehuelches, inhabited the plains of the Patagonia. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America Nomadic people, (from the νομάδες nomádes, "those who let pasture herds" also known as nomads, are communities of people that Tehuelches is the collective name of the native tribes of Patagonia. Llao LLaojpg|thumb|250px| Lake Nahuel Huapi, near Bariloche, Argentina In the 17th and 18th centuries, Spanish missionaries started their activities in the area (notably father Nicolás Mascardi), and in the middle of the 18th century they founded the San José Fort on Península Valdés, which was later destroyed by local native peoples. A missionary is a member of a Religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith someone who proselytizes. The Valdes Peninsula ( Spanish Península Valdés) is a Peninsula along the Atlantic coast in the Viedma Department in the north In the 19th century, Welsh people came to Chubut in the Mimosa ship and settled in Chubut Valley area. The Welsh settlement in Argentina began in 1865 and occurred mainly along the coast of Chubut province in the far southern region of Patagonia The Chubut River ( Spanish, Río Chubut) is a river in Patagonia, Southern Argentina.
As part of the Conquista del Desierto (Desert conquest), the National Territory of Chubut was created in 1884, of which Luis Fontana was named governor. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year At the beginning of the 20th century, after the Boer War, some Boer people settled in the town of Sarmiento, and in lesser number in other nearby towns. See also First Boer War,, South African Wars (1879-1915 The Second Boer War ( Dutch: Tweede Boerenoorlog, Afrikaans: Boer (ˈbuːr in Dutch ˈbʊɚ/ /boʊɚ or /ˈbɔr/ in English is the Dutch word for Farmer which came to denote the descendants of the proto Afrikaans Sarmiento is a town in the province of Chubut, Argentina. It has about 8000 inhabitants as per the, and is the head town of the department of the same
In 1944, the Southern part of Chubut and northern part of Santa Cruz were designated as the Comodoro Rivadavia military zone. The zone was dissolved in 1955, and Chubut was declared a province.
Internal immigration of the last decades of the 20th century, especially from Buenos Aires, raised the population steadily from 190,000 (1970), to 357,000 (1991) and 413,237 (2001). Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern However, most of the inhabitants are in the main cities, or in lesser numbers along the Chubut River, which gives most departments (departamentos) a population density of less than 1 inhabitant per square kilometer. The Chubut River ( Spanish, Río Chubut) is a river in Patagonia, Southern Argentina. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume
Economy
Petroleum based industry and exploitation is the main economy activity of the province, with 13% of Argentine oil production. Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit Ovine cattle is important, while wool is increasingly replaced by synthetic materials, but is still an important activity. 21% of the nation's fish is produced by Chubut.
Mass media
Newspapers
There are six print newspapers:
• The Chubut and Journy in Trelew
• Chronic and The Patagonic in Comodoro Rivadavia
• The West in Esquel
• Madryn´s Newspaper in Puerto Madryn
Online journalism
There is still not an important development of online journalism. Although each one of the six print newspapers has its own online edition, no one of them update contents with a frequency less than 24 hours. But some new digital proposals make a better use of web´s potencial. One case is Infochubut. com, a recently publication that works with audio, video, text and photographys for its historys and offers spaces for public participation. With a particular style, there are some radios in the northwest of Chubut that begin to publish online some of the interviews they make in there radio studies.
Radios
In the most popular citys there are AM radios like Chubut Radio and Three Radio on Trelew, Golfo Nuevo ´s Radio in Puerto Madryn, National Radio in Comodoro Rivadavia and Esquel. There are too a lot of FM radios that, in some cases, repeat the transmission provide from a particular frequency.
Television
The province state has an air cannel that transmit its programation through all the territory with different antennas. In Trelew, Comodoro Rivadavia, Esquel, Puerto Madryn and in some little towns there are other TV channels that produce there owns programations but the bigger part of there contents are provide by Buenos Aires channels.
Tourism
- See also Tourism in Argentina
Tourism is also a growing industry. Tourism in Argentina is favoured by its ample and varied natural assets (made possible by its geographical extension and by its cultural offerings The main attractions are Peninsula Valdés and other marine wildlife reservoirs such as Punta Tombo and Punta Ninfas, with right whales, eared seals, elephant seals, penguins, orcas and many other animals. The Valdes Peninsula ( Spanish Península Valdés) is a Peninsula along the Atlantic coast in the Viedma Department in the north Punta Tombo is a peninsula into the Atlantic Ocean south of Trelew in the Chubut Province of Argentina, where there is an important colony Punta Ninfas ( Spanish, " Nymphs Point" is found in Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina. Right whales are the species of large Baleen whales belonging to the Genus Eubalaena. The eared seals or otariids are Marine mammals in the family Otariidae - one of three groupings of Pinnipeds. Elephant seals are large oceangoing Mammals in the Genus Mirounga, in the Earless seal (Phocidae family. Penguins ( order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless Birds living almost The Orca or Killer Whale ( Orcinus orca) less commonly Blackfish or Seawolf, is the largest species of the Oceanic dolphin family Further south, on the sparsely populated beaches of the Golfo San Jorge, is the only place in the world where the peculiar, flightless Chubut Steamer Duck can be observed. The White-headed Flightless Steamer Duck or Chubut Steamer Duck ( Tachyeres leucocephalus) is endemic to Argentina. In the Andean region, the Los Alerces National Park, impressive lakes and hikes near Esquel are also visited every year by many tourists. The Andes form the world's longest exposed Mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. The Los Alerces National Park is a national park in Chubut Province, Argentina, some 30 miles from Esquel. The 'Old Patagonian Express' (also know as La Trochita), the old steam train made famous by Paul Theroux, attracts many to Esquel, as does the La Hoya ski center. La Trochita, (El Viejo Expreso Patagónico in English known as the Old Patagonian Express, is a Narrow gauge railway in Patagonia Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10, 1941) is an American Travel writer and Novelist, whose best known work is perhaps Esquel is a town in the northwest of the province of Chubut, in the Argentine Patagonia. The petrified forest near Sarmiento is a 150 km² park with some of the largest fossilised trees in the world. Petrified wood (from the Greek root "petro" meaning "rock" or "stone" literally "wood turned into stone" is a type of Fossil: it
Transport
The Ruta Nacional 3 runs along the coast line up to Buenos Aires, and down to Tierra del Fuego. Ruta Nacional 3 ("National Route 3" is an Argentine Highway, stretching from the eastern side of the country in Buenos Aires, crossing the Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern Tierra del Fuego ( Spanish for " Land of Fire " in English tiˈɛərə dɛl ˈfweɪgoʊ] Spanish ˈtjerað̞elˈfweɰo is an Archipelago The Ruta Nacional 25 crosses Chubut from East to West, connecting Trelew and Esquel, but half of it has not been yet paved. Trelew is a city in the province of Chubut, in the Argentine Patagonia, with a population of 93386 as per the. Esquel is a town in the northwest of the province of Chubut, in the Argentine Patagonia. Regular long distance buses run several times a day to Buenos Aires, and to many locations in the Santa Cruz Province. Santa Cruz is a province of Argentina, located in the southern part of the country in Patagonia. Short range buses to towns in Chubut run at least once a day. There are also daily summer buses on the route #25.
The Trelew airport (IATA REL) serves regular fligths to/from Buenos Aires and El Calafate. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern El Calafate is a little village in Patagonia, Argentina. It is situated in the southern border of Lake Argentino, in the southwest part of the Santa Transport: Major highways include Ruta 2 from Puerto Piramides and Peninsula Valdes 82 km west to join 3, which runs north-south via Trelew and Comodoro Rivadavia, 26 west from Comodoro Rivadavia 223 km to join Ruta 20 which continues north 178 km to Jose de San Martin, 22 north from Perito Moreno (Santa Cruz province) 125 km to join Ruta 20, 25 west from Trelew 341 km to join Ruta 62 which continues west 166 km to join 40 at Tecka, 40 continues north 266 km via Esquel to Cabeza del Indio, 30 east 73 km from 3 to the coast at Camarones, 259 west from Esquel to Chile. Four roads west to Chile's Aysén region, including Balmaceda and Coihaique Alto, and two to Chile's Los Lagos region from Corcovado to Palena and from Esquel via Trevelin to Futaleufu. Airports at Comodoro Rivadavia, Rawson and Esquel.
Political divisions
The province is divided into 15 departments (Spanish: departamentos). Departments (departamentos form the second level of administrative division in the Provinces of Argentina.
Department (Capital)
- Cushamen Department (Cushamen)
- Escalante Department (Comodoro Rivadavia)
- Florentino Ameghino Department (Camarones)
- Futaleufú Department (Esquel)
- Gaiman Department (Gaiman)
- Gastre Department (Gastre)
- Languiñeo Department (Tecka)
- Mártires Department (Las Plumas)
- Paso de Indios Department (Paso de Indios)
- Rawson Department (Rawson)
- Río Senguer Department (Alto Río Senguer)
- Sarmiento Department (Sarmiento)
- Tehuelches Department (José de San Martín)
- Telsen Department (Telsen)
- Biedma Department (Puerto Madryn)
Institutions
Chubut is covered by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia. Cushamen is a department located in the north east of Chubut Province in Argentina. Cushamen is a town in Chubut Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Cushamen Department. Escalante Department is a department of Chubut Province in Argentina. Comodoro Rivadavia is a city in the Patagonian province of Chubut in southern Argentina, located Florentino Ameghino is a department of Chubut Province, it is located on the Atlantic coast of Argentina The provincial subdivision Camarones is a small settlement located in Chubut Province, Argentina. Futaleufú is a department in the north west of Chubut Province, Argentina. Esquel is a town in the northwest of the province of Chubut, in the Argentine Patagonia. Gaiman Department is a department of Chubut Province in Argentina. Gaiman is a town in the Chubut Province of Patagonia in Argentina. Gastre Department is a department of Chubut Province in Argentina. Gastre is a village in Chubut Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Gastre Department. Languiñeo Department is a department of Chubut Province in Argentina. Tecka is a town in Chubut Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Languiñeo Department. Mártires Department is a department of Chubut Province in Argentina. Las Plumas is a village in Chubut Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Mártires Department. Paso de Indios Department is a department of Chubut Province in Argentina. Paso de Indios is a town in Chubut Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Paso de Indios Department. Rawson Department is a department of Chubut Province in Argentina. Rawson (originally "Trerawson" is the capital of the Argentine province of Chubut, in Patagonia. Río Senguer Department is a department of Chubut Province in Argentina. Alto Río Senguer is a town in Chubut Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Río Senguer Department. Sarmiento Department is a department of Chubut Province in Argentina. Sarmiento is a town in the province of Chubut, Argentina. It has about 8000 inhabitants as per the, and is the head town of the department of the same Tehuelches Department is a department of Chubut Province in Argentina. José de San Martín is a town in Chubut Province, Argentina. Telsen Department is a department of Chubut Province in Argentina. Telsen is a village in Chubut Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Telsen Department located 176 km west of the provincial capital Viedma is a department located in the north east of Chubut Province, on the Atlantic coast of Argentina. Puerto Madryn (in Welsh, Porth Madryn) is a city in the province of Chubut in the Argentine Patagonia. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia is a Prelate Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Argentina. The Cathedral, dedicated to San Juan Bosco is in Comodoro Rivadavia and the Bishop since 2005 is Virginio Domingo Bressanelli. Saint John Bosco (born 'Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco' and known in English as Don Bosco ( August 16 1815 &ndash January 31 1888 Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Other faiths are active in Chubut, principally amongst the Welsh chapels as well as Lutheran and Muslim places of worship in Comodoro. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion
The university - Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco - is based in Comodoro Rivadavia with campuses at Esquel, Trelew and Puerto Madryn, as well as in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. Ushuaia (u'swaia is the capital of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego and is sometimes considered to be the southernmost city in the world Tierra del Fuego ( Spanish for " Land of Fire " in English tiˈɛərə dɛl ˈfweɪgoʊ] Spanish ˈtjerað̞elˈfweɰo is an Archipelago
References
- ^ "Languages of Argentina" - Ethnologue. com
External links
- Infochubut - Online journalism (Spanish)
- Chubut's Official Page (Spanish)
- Chubut provincial tourist office (Spanish)
- Chubut Province in Argentour
- Links to Newspapers and Radios from Chubut (Spanish)
- Puerto Pirámides' Official Page (Spanish)
- Minerals of Chubut (Spanish)
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