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Encyclopedia > Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Map of Argentina highlighting the province
Map of Argentina highlighting the province

Santa Cruz is a province of Argentina, located in the south of the country. The capital is Río Gallegos. The province has a population of 196,958 (2001), and covers an area of 243,943 km². It borders the province Chubut to the north, and Chile to the west and south. To the east is the Atlantic Ocean. The current Argentine President, Nestor Kirchner, was previously the governor of Santa Cruz. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (520x1004, 13 KB) Provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina A map highlighting Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (520x1004, 13 KB) Provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina A map highlighting Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. ... Argentina consists of 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 federal district (Capital Federal *). Capital Federal * Buenos Aires Catamarca Chaco Chubut Córdoba Corrientes Entre Ríos Formosa Jujuy La Pampa La Rioja Mendoza Misiones Neuquén Río Negro Salta San Juan San Luis Santa Cruz Santa Fe Santiago... Río Gallegos is a city in Argentina and is the capital of the Santa Cruz Province. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Map of Argentina highlighting Chubut province Chubut is a province in the southern part of Argentina. ... Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić (born 25 February 1950) is the current President of Argentina. ...


The province is divided into the following 7 departments: The word department has a number of meanings: It can mean an administrative sector of the government. ...


Department (Capital)

  1. Corpen Aike (Puerto Santa Cruz)
  2. Deseado (Puerto Deseado)
  3. Güer Aike (Río Gallegos)
  4. Lago Argentino (El Calafate)
  5. Lago Buenos Aires (Perito Moreno)
  6. Magallanes (Puerto San Julián)
  7. Río Chico (Gobernador Gregores)


Río Gallegos is a city in Argentina and is the capital of the Santa Cruz Province. ...

Provinces of Argentina Flag of Argentina
Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires Province | Catamarca | Chaco | Chubut | Córdoba | Corrientes | Entre Ríos | Formosa | Jujuy | La Pampa | La Rioja | Mendoza | Misiones | Neuquen | Río Negro | Salta | San Juan | San Luis | Santa Cruz | Santa Fe | Santiago del Estero | Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands | Tucumán

Argentum21 - Province of Santa Cruz Argentina consists of 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 federal district (Capital Federal *). Capital Federal * Buenos Aires Catamarca Chaco Chubut Córdoba Corrientes Entre Ríos Formosa Jujuy La Pampa La Rioja Mendoza Misiones Neuquén Río Negro Salta San Juan San Luis Santa Cruz Santa Fe Santiago... Orginally from the CIA World Factbook. ... Buenos Aires (Good Air in Spanish, originally meaning Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest cities in South America. ... Map of Argentina highlighting the province Buenos Aires province (BOO-EH-NOSS IRESS, Spanish: Provincia de Buenos Aires) is the largest and most populated province of Argentina. ... Map of Argentina highlighting the province Catamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. ... Map of Argentina highlighting the province Chaco Province is in the north of Argentina, near the border of Paraguay. ... Map of Argentina highlighting Chubut province Chubut is a province in the southern part of Argentina. ... Map of Argentina highlighting Córdoba. ... Categories: Argentina geography stubs | Argentine provinces ... Map of Argentina highlighting the province Entre Ríos is a province of Argentina, it lays and borders north of Buenos Aires Province, south of Corrientes Province, east of Santa Fe Province, and west of Uruguay. ... Map of Argentina highlighting Formosa province Formosa Province is in northeastern Argentina, part of the Chaco Region. ... Categories: Argentina geography stubs | Argentine provinces ... Categories: Argentina geography stubs | Argentine provinces ... Categories: Argentina geography stubs | Argentine provinces ... Map of Argentina highlighting Mendoza province Mendoza is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the western central part of the country. ... Misiones is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country. ... Map of Argentina highlighting the province Neuquén is a province of Argentina, located in the west of the country. ... Map of Argentina highlighting the province Río Negro is a province of Argentina, located at the northern edge of Patagonia. ... Categories: Argentina geography stubs | Argentine provinces ... Map of Argentina highlighting San Juan province San Juan is a province of Argentina, located in the west of the country. ... Categories: Argentina geography stubs | Argentine provinces ... Categories: Argentina geography stubs | Argentine provinces ... Map of Argentina highlighting the province Santiago del Estero is a province of Argentina, located in the north of the country. ... Map of Argentina highlighting the province Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands (Sp. ... Map of Argentina highlighting the province Tucumán is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. ...


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Santa Cruz Province (Argentina) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1058 words)
Santa Cruz is a province of Argentina, located in the south of the country, in the Patagonia.
It borders the province Chubut to the north, and Chile to the west and south.
Santa Cruz's most visited destination is the Los Glaciares National Park and a number of glaciers of which the Perito Moreno Glacier is the most famous.
Santa Cruz (1565 words)
Santa Cruz is the southernmost mainland province in Argentina.
The Río Santa Cruz incised a 170 m deep, broad valley in the rising Patagonian steppes.
On the journey up the Río Santa Cruz, Darwin was perplexed about the presence of large boulders that clearly must have come from the Andes lying on flat ground at a great distance from their source.
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