- Escalante Department
Infobox Chubut
name= Escalante Department
official name= Departamento Escalante
capital=Comodoro Rivadavia
foundation=February 23 1901
founder=
pop= 143,609 (census-ar|2001)
density= 10.3 Inhabitants/km²
pop change=
resident= "escalantense"
tel= 0297
post= 9000
coor= coord|45|52|S|67|30|W
area= 14,015km²
dist1= 1,761 km
dist2= ?
patron= ?
mayor= Raúl Oscar Simoncini, PJ| web= http://www.comodoro.gov.ar/
ifam= CHU009
Escalante Department is a department of
Chubut Province inArgentina .The provincial subdivision has a population of about 143,000 inhabitants in an area of 14,015 km², and its capital city is
Comodoro Rivadavia , which is located around km fromCapital Federal .The department is named after doctor Wenceslao Escalante, who was part of the Ministry of Agriculture during the presidency of
Julio A. Roca .Attractions
*Autodromo Comodoro Rivadavia [http://perljam.net/google-satellite-maps/id/7589/Argentina/Chubut/Comodoro_Rivadavia/Autodromo_Comodoro_Rivadavia]
ettlements
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Caleta Córdoba
*Campamento El Tordillo
*Ciudadela
*Comodoro Rivadavia
*Diadema Argentina
*El Trébol
*Escalante
*General Mosconi
*Laprida
*Palazzo
*Rada Tilly
*Villa Astra
*Villa Ortiz
*Puerto Visser
*Bahia Bustamante
*Rocas Coloradas
*Comferpet
*Pampa del Castillo
*Pampa Salamanca
*Rio Chico
*Pico Salamanca
*Manantiales Behr External links
* [http://www.comodoro.gov.ar/ Comodoro Rivadavia Municipal Website] (Spanish)
* [http://www.elchenque.com.ar/ Comodoro Rivadavia City Website]
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