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- Chubut, provincia (province), southern Argentina. It is part of the region known as Patagonia, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean (east) and Chile (west). Rawson, along the northeast-central coast, is the provincial capital.
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The province's name derives from the Tehuelche word chupat, meaning "transparent", their description of the Chubut River. The largest city is Comodoro Rivadavia in the south of the province; it has 180,000 inhabitants. The administrative capital is Rawson (40,000).
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Chubut is a Province of Argentina. It is in the region called Patagonia. Some important cities are Comodoro Rivadavia, Trelew, Puerto Madryn, Rawson and Esquel. The province borders Río Negro in the north, Santa Cruz in the south, and Chile to the west.
Puerto Madryn (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto ˈmaðɾin]; Welsh: Porth Madryn), usually known as Madryn, [2] is a city in the province of Chubut in Argentine Patagonia. It is the capital of the Viedma Department, and has about 103,175 inhabitants according to the last census in 2022.
Chubut, provincia (province), southern Argentina. It is part of the region known as Patagonia, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean (east) and Chile (west). Rawson, along the northeast-central coast, is the provincial capital. To the west, the forested, fertile Andean foothills are interspersed with lakes.
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The river flows eastwards for approximately 800 kilometres (500 mi), from the Andes to the Atlantic Ocean, emptying at Engaño Bay near Rawson. The main arm of the Chubut originates in Carreras, Río Negro Province, and its basin covers a large area of the western Andean foothills between Bariloche and Esquel. It is also fed by the Chico River. The m...
A 255-metre (837 ft) long concrete dam blocks the river some 120 kilometres (75 mi) west of Trelew. This dam, named after paleontologist Florentino Ameghino, was designed in 1943 by engineer Antonio Domingo Pronsato; work started on 19 April 1963. The artificial lake covers 70 square kilometres (27 sq mi). The plant, which uses a 56-metre (184 ft) ...
In the 19th century, Welsh settlers arrived in Chubut and established the colony Y Wladfa (Spanish:Colonia Gales) in the valley of the Chubut river. Today, the Welsh language and Welsh tea houses are common in several towns, many of which have Welsh names. Dolavon and Treleware examples of Welsh towns. There are historical records of floods in the ...
Chubut is a southern province of Argentina located in the Patagonia region and bordered on the west by Chile. It has 400,000 inhabitants (2001 national census) and its capital is Rawson.
Located in Patagonia, the city is the largest and most populous in the low valley of the Chubut River, with 97,915 inhabitants as of 2010. The Trelew municipality is part of the Rawson Department, whose capital, Rawson, is also the provincial capital.
