Deseado Department

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{{Infobox settlement

|name = Deseado

|settlement_type = Department

|image_map = Deseado (Provincia de Santa Cruz - Argentina).svg

|mapsize =

|map_caption = Location of Deseado Department in Santa Cruz Province.

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Argentina}}

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Santa Cruz

|seat = Puerto Deseado

|population_total =72953

|area_total_km2 = 63784

}}

Deseado Department is a department in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It has a population of 72,953 (2001) and an area of 63,784 km². The seat of the department is in Puerto Deseado.