Río Grande
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city in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Key facts
- Country
- Argentina
- Province
- Tierra del Fuego
- Department
- Río Grande
- Established
- 11 July 1921
- Type
- Municipality
- Intendant
- Martín Pérez ( PJ )
- Total
- 12,181 km (4,703 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Density
- 8.0467/km (20.841/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−3 ( ART )
- Cpa base
- V 9420
- Area code
- + 54 2964
- Climate
- Dfc / Cfc
- Website
- riogrande .gob .ar /mun /index .php /es /
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Río Grande (English: Big River) is a city in Argentina, on the north coast of the eastern part of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. It has a population of 98,017, and is the industrial capital of the Tierra del Fuego Province. It is located 212 kilometres (132 mi) north-east of Ushuaia, the capital of the province.
It is served by Hermes Quijada International Airport.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Río Grande” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.