Chubut Province
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Map of Argentina highlighting Chubut province
Chubut is a province in the southern part of Argentina. It was settled by Welsh-speaking Britons during the 19th century.
The largest city, with 125,000 inhabitants, is Comodoro Rivadavia in the south of the province. The administrative capital is Rawson — a small town near northern Chubut's largest city, Trelew. Other important cities are Puerto Madryn, Esquel, and Sarmiento. Gaiman is a cultural and demographic centre of the region known as Y Wladfa in which Welsh-Argentinians are concentrated.
The province is divided into 15 departments (Spanish: departamentos).
Department (Capital)
- Cushamen Department (Leleque)
- Escalante Department (Comodoro Rivadavia)
- Florentino Ameghino Department (Camarones)
- Futaleufú (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 Senguerr Department (Alto Río Senguerr)
- Sarmiento Department (Sarmiento)
- Tehuelches Department (José de San Martín)
- Telsen Department (Telsen)
- Viedma Department (Puerto Madryn)
See also
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| Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires Province | Catamarca | Chaco | Chubut | Córdoba | Corrientes | Entre Ríos | Formosa | Jujuy | La Pampa | La Rioja | Mendoza | Misiones | Neuquen | Río Negro | Salta | San Juan | San Luis | Santa Cruz | Santa Fe | Santiago del Estero | Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands | Tucumán | |
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