Lago Argentino Department
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Lago Argentino Department is a department
in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
. It has a population of 7,500 (2001) and an area of 37,292 km². The seat of the department is in El Calafate
.
Lago Argentino is a major lake in the department.
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...
in Santa Cruz Province, 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 has a population of 7,500 (2001) and an area of 37,292 km². The seat of the department is in El Calafate
El Calafate
- Population :In the last census 6,143 permanent residents were counted . This represents a 20.1% increase compared with the 1991 census. However, due to the expansion of tourism, the population was estimated at 8,000 people in 2005.- Wildlife :...
.
Lago Argentino is a major lake in the department.