Escalante Department

Escalante Department

Infobox Chubut
name= Escalante Department
official name= Departamento Escalante


capital= Comodoro Rivadavia
foundation= February 23 1901
founder=
pop= 143,609 (census-ar|2001)
density= 10.3 Inhabitants/km²
pop change=
resident= "escalantense"
tel= 0297
post= 9000
coor= coord|45|52|S|67|30|W
area= 14,015km²
dist1= 1,761 km
dist2= ?
patron= ?
mayor= Raúl Oscar Simoncini, PJ| web= http://www.comodoro.gov.ar/
ifam= CHU009

Escalante Department is a department of Chubut Province in Argentina.

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 143,000 inhabitants in an area of 14,015 km², and its capital city is Comodoro Rivadavia, which is located around km from Capital Federal.

The department is named after doctor Wenceslao Escalante, who was part of the Ministry of Agriculture during the presidency of Julio A. Roca.

Attractions

*Autodromo Comodoro Rivadavia [http://perljam.net/google-satellite-maps/id/7589/Argentina/Chubut/Comodoro_Rivadavia/Autodromo_Comodoro_Rivadavia]

ettlements

*Caleta Córdoba
*Campamento El Tordillo
*Ciudadela
*Comodoro Rivadavia
*Diadema Argentina
*El Trébol
*Escalante
*General Mosconi
*Laprida
*Palazzo
*Rada Tilly
*Villa Astra
*Villa Ortiz
*Puerto Visser
*Bahia Bustamante
*Rocas Coloradas
*Comferpet
*Pampa del Castillo
*Pampa Salamanca
*Rio Chico
*Pico Salamanca
*Manantiales Behr

External links

* [http://www.comodoro.gov.ar/ Comodoro Rivadavia Municipal Website] (Spanish)
* [http://www.elchenque.com.ar/ Comodoro Rivadavia City Website]


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