Tehuelches Department

Tehuelches Department
Departamento Tehuelches
Location of Tehuelches Department
Coordinates: 44°01′S 70°28′W / 44.017°S 70.467°W / -44.017; -70.467
CountryArgentina
ProvinceChubut
CapitalJosé de San Martín
Area
 • Total14,750 km2 (5,700 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total5,498
 • Density0.35/km2 (0.9/sq mi)
Post Code
U9220

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.

Demographics

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 %
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

Climate data for Puesto Viejo (modelled data)
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)
Mean daily maximum °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)
Mean daily minimum °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]

Settlements

Economy

The economic activities carried out are services, but the main economic activity is still sheep farming.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Estimaciones de población de la provincia de Chubut 2001-2010 pag. 15- INDEC -.
  2. ^ "Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  3. ^ "História de Gobernador Costa - Guia Patagonia". Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.


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