Chubut Province

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Chubut
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Capital: Rawson
Surface:

 - Total
 share in Argentina

Rank 3 of 24

224,686 km²
8.12%

Population :

 - Total 2010
 - density

Rank 18 of 24

509,108 inhabitants
2.3 inhabitants / km²

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ISO 3166-2 code: AR-U
politics
Region : Patagonica region
Structure: 15 departments
Gobernador: Mario das Neves
Chubut Province website

Chubut (Spanish: Provincia del Chubut, IPA: [tʃuˈβut]; Welsh: Talaith Chubut) is one of the five Argentine provinces of Patagonia . It extends from the Andes in the west to the Atlantic in the east. The north and south borders to the provinces of Río Negro and Santa Cruz were once drawn relatively arbitrarily with a ruler. The name comes from the Tehuelche word chupat , which means "transparent" and is a description of the Río Chubut , the only significant river in the region.

population

The population in the province has been growing steadily for decades, from 190,000 (1970) to 263,000 (1980), 357,000 (1991) and 413,237 inhabitants (2001) to 509,108 people in the 2010 census. Nevertheless, the population density in Chubut is still very low. With an area of ​​224,686 km², there are a little more than two inhabitants per square kilometer. However, around 350,000 live in the four most populous departments with the five larger cities. In all other departments the density is below 1.0 inhabitants / km², in some cases below 0.1 inhabitants / km².

In addition to the official language Spanish, Welsh is also spoken.

Important cities

There are only a handful of major cities in Chubut:

The largest city is Comodoro Rivadavia in the south of the province with 177,000 inhabitants. The administrative seat is the capital Rawson (31,000 inhabitants). Other important cities are Puerto Madryn, Trelew, Esquel and Sarmiento. Gaiman is the cultural hub of the region known as Y Wladfa, which is home to most of the Welsh-speaking Argentines, who number around 5,000 in the Chubut, mainly in the towns of Gaiman, Trelew and Trevelin, 25,000 across Argentina.

Other smaller places of limited importance are the agricultural Gaiman in the valley of the Río Chubut, Sarmiento in the center of the province, the tourist town of El Maitén in the Andes and the fishing port of Camarones on the Atlantic coast.

Geography and climate

While the Andes, which rarely reach heights of over 2,500 m in this region, are predominantly covered by wet forests, steppe vegetation and low bush forests ( Monte ) are predominant in the rest of the province . The climate is temperate: the summers are warm at 17 to 22 ° C in the lowlands, while the winters are moderately cold at 2 to 7 ° C. The amount of precipitation is between 150 mm in the east and up to 1500 mm in the wet forest areas of the Andes.

The province is traversed from west to east by the Río Chubut, which forms an elongated canyon and is dammed near Florentino Ameghino to form the reservoir of the same name. In the center of the province there are two large salt lakes, the Lago Musters and the Lago Colhué Huapí , which allow an important oasis around the city of Sarmiento . In this region there are also two petrified forests that are under nature protection.

history

Since about 8000 BC The Patagonia region was settled by people who slowly immigrated from the north (originally from Asia via the Beringia ). They lived nomadically as hunters and gatherers . In travel reports in the 19th century - for example by George Musters and Florence Dixie - they are called Patagonians or " Tehuelche " ; their own name is Aoniken'k.

From the 18th century it is also increasingly on immigration over the Cordilleras of Mapuche from what is now Chile . The two peoples are largely culturally fused today (Tehuelche-Mapuche). Today there are two Tehuelche reserves in Chubut. Mapudungun (the Mapuche - language ) is spoken, the language of the Tehuelche other hand, is almost completely dead .

The colonization of the region by Europeans took place from the second half of the 19th century, especially after the desert campaign by Julio Argentino Roca to a large extent by Welsh people , a fact that can still be seen today in many names of places or events, but also in terms of appearance older buildings can be read. Welsh is still spoken by part of the population in everyday life.

politics

The executive power is in the province of Chubut by the Gobernador exercised. This is elected every four years by direct election. The gobernador is advised by a cabinet of ministers headed by the Minister of State ( Ministro de Estado ) or Executive Minister ( Ministro Coordinador ) chosen by him .

The legislature is exercised during a legislative period of 27 MPs, headed by the Deputy Gobernador ( Vice Gobernador ).

Administrative division

Chubut Province departments


Chubut is divided into 15 departments :

Department Capital Area in km² Population (2010)
Biedma Puerto Madryn 12,950 082,883
Cushamen Cushamen 16,250 020,919
Escalante Comodoro Rivadavia 14,015 186,583
Florentino Ameghino Camarones 16,088 001,627
Futaleufú Esquel 09,435 043,076
Gaiman Gaiman 11,076 011,141
Gastre Gastre 16,335 001,427
Languiñeo Tecka 15,339 003,085
Martires Las Plumas 15,445 000.778
Paso de Indios Paso de Indios 22,300 001,867
Rawson Rawson 03,922 131,313
Río Senguer Alto Río Senguer 22,335 005,979
Sarmiento Sarmiento 14,563 011,396
Tehuelches José de San Martín 14,750 005,390
Telsen Telsen 19,893 001,644

economy

In the southeast, around the city of Comodoro Rivadavia , oil and natural gas are produced, making this area the economically leading area in the province. In the northeast, in the lower valley of the Río Chubut, agriculture (especially fruit growing) is practiced, the same applies to some valleys of the Andes around Esquel as well as to the area around Sarmiento in the center. The tourism is significant: as the tourist center can be found in the northeast of Puerto Madryn with the Valdes Peninsula, continue to the seaside resorts are Playa Unión and Rada Tilly and the winter sports center La Hoya worth mentioning in the Andes.

Newspapers

  • Crónica and El Patagónico in Comodoro Rivadavia
  • El Oeste in Esquel
  • El Diario de Madryn in Puerto Madryn
  • El Chubut and Jornada in Trelew
  • Y Drafod, Welsh language newspaper since 1891
  • Clecs Camwy, new Welsh language newspaper since 2011

literature

Web links

Commons : Chubut Province  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Languages ​​of Argentina" - Ethnologue.com
  2. ^ "Wales and the World" - Wales.com
  3. ↑ Rolf Seeler u. Juan Garff: DuMont Travel Guide Argentina Travel Guide. Edition, Mair Dumont, 2015. p. 211.

Coordinates: 44 ° 0 ′  S , 68 ° 0 ′  W