Escalante Department
| Escalante | |
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| Capital | Comodoro Rivadavia |
| population | 143,689 (2001, INDEC) |
| surface | 14,015 km² |
| Population density | 10.3 inhabitants / km² |
The Escalante Department is located in the southeast of the Chubut Province in southern Argentina and is one of 15 administrative units in the province.
It borders the Paso de Indios , Mártires and Florentino Ameghino departments to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Santa Cruz province to the south and the Sarmiento department to the west .
The capital of the Escalante department is Comodoro Rivadavia .
The department was named after Dr. Wenceslao Escalante , a Minister of Agriculture during the presidency of Julio A. Roca .
population
According to INDEC estimates, the population increased from 143,689 inhabitants (2001) to 171,097 inhabitants in 2005.
cities and communes
The Escalante Department is divided into the following municipalities:
- Caleta Cordoba
- 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
- Pampas Salamanca
- Río Chico
- Pico Salamanca
- Manantiales Behr
Biedma | Cushamen | Escalante | Florentino Ameghino | Futaleufú | Gaiman | Gastre | Languiñeo | Mártires | Paso de Indios | Rawson | Río Senguer | Sarmiento | Tehuelches | Telsen
Coordinates: 45 ° 36 ′ S , 67 ° 54 ′ W