Cushamen is a
department located in the north west of
Chubut Province
Chubut ( from Tehuelche language, Tehuelche 'transparent'; ) is a provinces of Argentina, province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa ...
in
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 17,000 inhabitants in an area of 16,250 km
2, and its capital city is
Cushamen
Cushamen is a town in Chubut Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Cushamen Department.
Cushamen is located in the wild plains of Patagonia, its name means "place of solitude" in Mapuche
The Mapuche ( , ) also known as Araucanians ...
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The name means ''loneliness'' in the
Tehuelche language
Tehuelche (''Aoniken, Inaquen, Gunua-Kena, Gununa-Kena'') is one of the Chonan languages of Patagonia. Its speakers, the Tehuelche people, were nomadic hunters who occupied territory in present-day Chile, north of Tierra del Fuego and south of th ...
.
Settlements
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Buenos Aires Chico
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Cholila
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Cushamen
Cushamen is a town in Chubut Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Cushamen Department.
Cushamen is located in the wild plains of Patagonia, its name means "place of solitude" in Mapuche
The Mapuche ( , ) also known as Araucanians ...
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Hoyo de Epuyén
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El Maitén
El Maitén is a town in Argentina in Cushamen Department on the margins of the Chubut River, on the northwest of Chubut Province, in Patagonia. In older times it was the intermediate point in the railroad tracks of the Old Patagonian Express betw ...
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Gualjaina
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Lago Epuyén
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Lago Puelo
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Las Golondrinas, Argentina
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Leleque
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Lago Rivadavia
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Fitamiche
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El Portezuelo
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El Molle
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Río Chico
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El Mallín
External links
Information about Cushamen(English)
Departments of Chubut Province
Mapuche language
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