Río Chico Department is a department in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It has a population of 2,926 (2001) and an area of 34,262 km2. The seat of the department is in Gobernador Gregores.
Río Chico | |
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Country | Argentina |
Province | Santa Cruz |
Seat | Gobernador Gregores |
Area | |
• Total | 34,262 km2 (13,229 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,926 |
Municipalities and communes
editDemography
editAccording to a June 2008 estimate from INDEC the population of the department is 3,107.[1]
Table with the demographic evolution of the Río Chico Department according to the national censuses and the variation between censuses in percentage:
1947 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1991 | 2001 | |
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Population | 2,588 | 1,960 | 2,256 | 2,063 | 2,654 | 2,926 |
Variation | - | -24.26% | +15.10% | -8.55% | +28.64% | +10.24% |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos, INDEC
References
edit- ^ Estimaciones de población de la provincia de Santa Cruz 2001-2010 pag. 21- INDEC -. Archived 2014-04-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)