Gastre (from Tehuelche Gástrrek, meaning "shrub") is a village in Chubut Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Gastre Department. It was founded in 1904. The place was the center of a controversy in the early 1990s when Argentina's National Atomic Energy Commission proposed to build a deep borehole disposal in the area.[1] It was intended for radioactive waste to stay in the area for "1,000 years" until the radiation reached a non-lethal level.[2]

Gastre
Village
Entrance to Gastre
Gastre Location of Gastre in Argentina
Coordinates: 42°16′S 69°13′W
Country	Argentina
Province	Chubut
Department	Gastre
Elevation	1,208 m (3,963 ft)
Population
• Total	557
Time zone	UTC-3 (ART)
CPA base	U9121
Dialing code	+54 2965
Climate	BSk

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Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)

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