Tehuelches Department
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Tehuelches Department
|official_name = Departamento Tehuelches
|image_map = Tehuelches department.gif
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Argentina
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Chubut
|seat_type =Capital
|seat = José de San Martín
|population_as_of = 2008
|population_total = 5498
|population_density_km2 = 0.35
|postal_code_type = Post Code
|postal_code = U9220
|coordinates = {{coord|44|01|S|70|28|W|region:AR|display=inline,title}}
|area_total_km2 = 14750
|established_title =
|established_date =
|website=
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Tehuelches Department is a department of Chubut Province in Argentina.
The provincial subdivision has a total area of 14,750 km2, and its capital city is José de San Martín, which is located around 1,870 km from the Capital federal.
Demographics
According to INDEC estimates for June 2008, the population of the department reached 5.498 inhabitants.[http://www.indec.mecon.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/2/estimaciones-serie34.pdf Estimaciones de población de la provincia de Chubut 2001-2010 pag. 15- INDEC -.]
| class="wikitable"
!bgcolor=black colspan=20 style="color:black;"|Population evolution of the Tehuelches department according to the different national censuses and intercensal variation in % | |||||||
| 1947 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1991 | 2001 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | align=center|4269 | align=center|4884 | align=center|5154 | align=center|4728 | align=center|4801 | align=center|5159 | align=center|5498 |
| Variation | align=center | ||||||
| |align=center|+14.40 % | align=center|+5.52 % | align=center|−8.26 % | align=center|+1.54 % | align=center|+7.45 % | align=center|+6.57 % |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos (INDEC).
Climate
{{Weather box
|location = Puesto Viejo (modelled data)
|single line = Y
|metric first = Y
|Jan record high C = 36.0
|Feb record high C = 35.1
|Mar record high C = 31.7
|Apr record high C = 26.8
|May record high C = 20.7
|Jun record high C = 19.1
|Jul record high C = 16.7
|Aug record high C = 21.3
|Sep record high C = 24.2
|Oct record high C = 28.4
|Nov record high C = 30.9
|Dec record high C = 34.8
|year record high C = 36.0
|Jan high C = 18.7
|Feb high C = 18.5
|Mar high C = 15.5
|Apr high C = 10.6
|May high C = 6.4
|Jun high C = 2.7
|Jul high C = 2.6
|Aug high C = 4.6
|Sep high C = 8.0
|Oct high C = 11.5
|Nov high C = 14.5
|Dec high C = 17.1
|year high C = 10.9
|Jan mean C = 12.0
|Feb mean C = 11.5
|Mar mean C = 8.9
|Apr mean C = 4.3
|May mean C = 0.9
|Jun mean C = -1.8
|Jul mean C = -2.5
|Aug mean C = -1.0
|Sep mean C = 1.6
|Oct mean C = 5.1
|Nov mean C = 8.0
|Dec mean C = 10.6
|year mean C = 4.8
|Jan low C = 5.4
|Feb low C = 5.0
|Mar low C = 2.8
|Apr low C = -0.9
|May low C = -3.6
|Jun low C = -5.6
|Jul low C = -6.8
|Aug low C = -5.5
|Sep low C = -3.5
|Oct low C = -0.5
|Nov low C = 1.8
|Dec low C = 4.1
|year low C = -0.6
|Jan record low C = -6.4
|Feb record low C = -5.4
|Mar record low C = -10.1
|Apr record low C = -14.4
|May record low C = -29.1
|Jun record low C = -36.0
|Jul record low C = -32.3
|Aug record low C = -29.2
|Sep record low C = -23.6
|Oct record low C = -11.6
|Nov record low C = -10.0
|Dec record low C = -6.0
|year record low C = -36.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 29
|Feb precipitation mm = 25
|Mar precipitation mm = 25
|Apr precipitation mm = 23
|May precipitation mm = 20
|Jun precipitation mm = 19
|Jul precipitation mm = 19
|Aug precipitation mm = 20
|Sep precipitation mm = 22
|Oct precipitation mm = 27
|Nov precipitation mm = 29
|Dec precipitation mm = 30
|year precipitation mm = 343
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web
|url=https://es.climate-data.org/america-del-sur/argentina/chubut/puesto-viejo-148007/
|title=Climate-Data.org
|access-date=2021-04-02}}
|date=02 April 2021
}}
Settlements
- Gobernador Costa
- José de San Martín
- Río Pico
- Doctor Atilio Oscar Viglione
- Alto Río Pico
- Puesto Viejo
- Putrachoique
- Laguna Blanca
- Arroyo Arenoso
- Aldea Shaman
- Lago Vintter
- Nueva Lubecka
- Rio Frias
Economy
The economic activities carried out are services, but the main economic activity is still sheep farming.{{cite web |url=http://www.guiapatagonia.net/GOBERNADORhistoria.html |title=História de Gobernador Costa - Guia Patagonia |access-date=28 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701063417/http://www.guiapatagonia.net/GOBERNADORhistoria.html |archive-date=1 July 2016 }}
See also
{{Departments Chubut}}