Cushamen Department
Cushamen | |
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| Departamento Cushamen | |
 location of Cushamen Department in Chubut Province | |
| Coordinates: 42°54′S 71°19′W / 42.900°S 71.317°W | |
| Country | Argentina  |
| Province | Chubut  |
| Capital | Cushamen |
| Area | |
• Total | 16,250 km2 (6,270 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 17,134 |
| • Density | 1.1/km2 (2.7/sq mi) |
| • Change 1991-2001 | +23.4% |
| Post code | U8211 |
| Area code | 02945 |
| Resident | cushamenense |
| Website | http://www.esquel.gov.ar |
Cushamen is a department located in the north west of Chubut Province in Argentina.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 17,000 inhabitants in an area of 16,250 km2, and its capital city is Cushamen. The name means loneliness in the Tehuelche language.
Settlements
[edit]- Buenos Aires Chico
- Cholila
- Cushamen
- Hoyo de Epuyén
- El Maitén
- Epuyén
- Gualjaina
- Lago Epuyén
- Lago Puelo
- Las Golondrinas, Argentina
- Leleque
- Lago Rivadavia
- Fitamiche
- El Portezuelo
- El Molle
- Río Chico
- El Mallín
External links
[edit]- Information about Cushamen (English)
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