Cushamen Department
Encyclopedia
Cushamen is a department
located in the north west of Chubut Province
in Argentina
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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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The name means loneliness in the Tehuelche language
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Departments of Argentina
Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act...
located in the north west of Chubut Province
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...
in 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...
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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 17,000 inhabitants in an area of 16,250km², and its capital city is Cushamen
Cushamen
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....
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The name means loneliness in the Tehuelche language
Tehuelche language
Tehuelche is a nearly extinct Chon language spoken by four people in Patagonia out of an ethnic group of 200. They were originally nomadic hunters from Chile. It is also known as Aonikenk or Aonek'o 'ajen...
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Settlements
- Buenos Aires ChicoBuenos Aires ChicoBuenos Aires Chico is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina.-References:...
- Cholila
- CushamenCushamenCushamen 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....
- Hoyo de Epuyen
- El MaiténEl MaiténEl Maitén is a town in Argentina in Cushamen Department on the margins of the Chubut River, on the northwest of Chubut Province, in Patagonia. In older times it was the intermediate point in the railroad tracks of the Old Patagonian Express between the towns of Ingeniero Jacobacci and Esquel.-...
- EpuyénEpuyénEpuyén is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina.-References:...
- GualjainaGualjainaGualjaina is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina.-References:...
- Lago Epuyen
- Lago Puelo
- Las Golondrinas, Argentina
- LelequeLelequeLeleque is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina.-References:...
- Lago Rivadavia
- Fitamiche
- El PortezueloEl PortezueloEl Portezuelo is a village and municipality in Catamarca Province in northwestern Argentina....
- El Molle
- Rio ChicoRío ChicoRío Chico is a city in the state of Miranda, Venezuela. It is the capital of Páez Municipality....
- El Mallin
External links
- Information about Cushamen (English)