Güer Aike Department

Güer Aike
Department
Location of Güer Aike Department in Santa Cruz Province.
Country	Argentina
Province	Santa Cruz
Seat	Río Gallegos
Area
• Total	33,841 km² (13,066 sq mi)
Population
• Total	92,878

Güer Aike Department is a department in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It has a population of 92,878 (2001) and an area of 33,841 km². The seat of the department is in Río Gallegos which also has the majority of the population with 97,742 (2010). Veintiocho de Noviembre has the next largest population with roughly 5,200 inhabitants. The name means 'large camp' in the aonikenk (or 'tehuelche') language of southern Patagonia.

Municipalities

References

Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos, INDEC

Departments of Santa Cruz Province

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Coordinates: 51°37′24″S 69°12′59″W / 51.62333°S 69.21639°W / -51.62333; -69.21639

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