Río Pico is a town in
Tehuelches Department
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. ...
, province of
Chubut
Chubut may refer to:
* 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), ...
, Argentina.
The town owes its name to the engineer Octavio Pico Burgess (1837–1892), in honor of his task as an expert in the border conflict between Argentina and Chile.
Population
In 2001 the town had 1,055 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001), representing an increase of 11.3% compared to the 948 inhabitants (INDEC, 1991) in the previous census.
Climate
A weather station in the town worked briefly in 1928.
Like nearby
Balmaceda, Río Pico has a
cold-summer Mediterranean climate (
Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...
''Csc'').
References
External links
Río Pico page at Patagonia Express
Populated places in Chubut Province
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