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Chubut Province

Chubut
Spanish: Provincia del Chubut
Welsh: Talaith Chubut
Province
Clockwise from top: Valley of the Chubut River, Comodoro Rivadavia, Valdés Peninsula, Rawson Port.
Flag of Chubut
Flag
Coat of arms of Chubut
Coat of arms
Motto: "Ni muerte ni esclavitud. Solo patria y libertad"  (Spanish)
"Neither death nor slavery. Only motherland and freedom"
"Na marwolaeth na caethwasiaeth. Dim ond mamwlad a rhyddid"  (Welsh)
Location of Chubut within Argentina
Location of Chubut within Argentina
Country Argentina
Capital Rawson
Languages Spanish, Welsh, Tehuelche
Departments 15
Municipalities and communes 47
Government
 • Governor Mario Das Neves (PJ)
 • Legislature 27
 • National Deputies
5
 • National Senators Juan Mario País, Nancy González, Alfredo Luenzo
Area
Ranked 3rd
 • Total 224,686 km2 (86,752 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 509,108
 • Rank 18th
 • Density 2.3/km2 (5.9/sq mi)
Demonym(s) chubutense
Time zone ART (UTC−3)
ISO 3166 code AR-U
Website www.chubut.gov.ar

Chubut (Spanish: Provincia del Chubut, IPA: [tʃuˈβut]; Welsh: Talaith Chubut) is a province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes range to the west, and the Atlantic ocean to the east. 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). Other important cities are Puerto Madryn, Trelew, Esquel and Sarmiento. Gaiman is a cultural and demographic centre of the region known as "Y Wladfa" in which Welsh-Argentines are concentrated. Of the 25,000 Welsh speakers in Argentina, 5,000 live in the Chubut region, particularly in the early Welsh settlements of Gaiman, Trelew and Trevelin.


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