Cushamen Department

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Cushamen is a department located in the north west of Chubut Province in Argentina.

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 17,000 inhabitants in an area of 16,250 km², and its capital city is Cushamen.

The name means loneliness in the Tehuelche language.