Cushamen
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Cushamen is a town in Chubut Province
, Argentina
. It is the head town of the Cushamen Department
.
Cushamen is located in the wild plains of Patagonia
, its name means "place of solitude" in Mapuche.
The town is home to a Regional Indigenous Museum, which features various artefacts, including pottery and fabrics.
Chubut Province
Chubut a province in the southern part of Argentina situated between the 42nd parallel south and the 46th parallel south , the Andes range separating Argentina from Chile, and the Atlantic ocean...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. It is the head town of the Cushamen Department
Cushamen Department
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 16,250km², and its capital city is Cushamen....
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Cushamen is located in the wild plains of Patagonia
Patagonia
Patagonia is a region located in Argentina and Chile, integrating the southernmost section of the Andes mountains to the southwest towards the Pacific ocean and from the east of the cordillera to the valleys it follows south through Colorado River towards Carmen de Patagones in the Atlantic Ocean...
, its name means "place of solitude" in Mapuche.
The town is home to a Regional Indigenous Museum, which features various artefacts, including pottery and fabrics.