Tehuelches Department is a department of Chubut Province in Argentina.
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Tehuelches Department | |
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Departamento Tehuelches | |
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Coordinates: 44°01′S 70°28′W | |
Country | Argentina |
Province | Chubut |
Capital | José de San Martín |
Area | |
• Total | 14,750 km2 (5,700 sq mi) |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 5,498 |
• Density | 0.35/km2 (0.9/sq mi) |
Post Code | U9220 |
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.
According to INDEC estimates for June 2008, the population of the department reached 5.498 inhabitants.[1]
Population evolution of the Tehuelches department according to the different national censuses and intercensal variation in % | |||||||||||||||||||
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1947 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1991 | 2001 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
Population | 4269 | 4884 | 5154 | 4728 | 4801 | 5159 | 5498 | ||||||||||||
Variation | - | +14.40 % | +5.52 % | −8.26 % | +1.54 % | +7.45 % | +6.57 % |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos (INDEC).
Climate data for Puesto Viejo (modelled data) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 36.0 (96.8) |
35.1 (95.2) |
31.7 (89.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
16.7 (62.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
24.2 (75.6) |
28.4 (83.1) |
30.9 (87.6) |
34.8 (94.6) |
36.0 (96.8) |
Average high °C (°F) | 18.7 (65.7) |
18.5 (65.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
6.4 (43.5) |
2.7 (36.9) |
2.6 (36.7) |
4.6 (40.3) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
14.5 (58.1) |
17.1 (62.8) |
10.9 (51.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.0 (53.6) |
11.5 (52.7) |
8.9 (48.0) |
4.3 (39.7) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
1.6 (34.9) |
5.1 (41.2) |
8.0 (46.4) |
10.6 (51.1) |
4.8 (40.6) |
Average low °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) |
5.0 (41.0) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
1.8 (35.2) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | −6.4 (20.5) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
−14.4 (6.1) |
−29.1 (−20.4) |
−36.0 (−32.8) |
−32.3 (−26.1) |
−29.2 (−20.6) |
−23.6 (−10.5) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−36.0 (−32.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 29 (1.1) |
25 (1.0) |
25 (1.0) |
23 (0.9) |
20 (0.8) |
19 (0.7) |
19 (0.7) |
20 (0.8) |
22 (0.9) |
27 (1.1) |
29 (1.1) |
30 (1.2) |
343 (13.5) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[2] |
The economic activities carried out are services, but the main economic activity is still sheep farming.[3]
Departments of Chubut Province, Argentina | ||
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